Disease burden of alcohol, drugs revealed

By Sarah Wiedersehn
Updated March 29 2018 - 1:08am, first published 1:00am
A new report reveals alcohol and drug abuse accounts for about one in every 20 deaths in Australia.
A new report reveals alcohol and drug abuse accounts for about one in every 20 deaths in Australia.

Alcohol and illicit drugs are collectively responsible for nearly one in 20 deaths reported in Australia every year, according to an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report.

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