ASSAD Amphetamine use
Please note that these indicators are not currently up to date and will be replaced shortly with dashboards. In the meantime the most currently available data is available at https://www.data.act.gov.au or contact healthinfo@act.gov.au
Commentary
In 2017, 1.9% of secondary students surveyed reported that they had ever used amphetamines and 1.3% had used them in the last year. Estimates for amphetamine use in the last month and the last week have not been published due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers.
Includes dexamphetamines (other than for medical reasons) and meth/amphetamines (e.g. speed, meth, ice).
Please note that this indicator was updated in 2022 and replaces all previous versions. In addition, the wording of the question for use of amphetamines changed in 2017.
The following estimates have a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution:
- 2011 ever used amphetamines
- 2014 and 2017 used amphetamines in the last year
- 2008, 2011 and 2014 used amphetamines in the last month
- 2002 and 2008 used amphetamines in the last week.
The following estimates have not been published due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers:
- 2017 used amphetamines in the last month
- 2011, 2014 and 2017 used amphetamines in the last week.
For the purpose of reporting the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.
Chart
Amphetamine use: ever, last year, last month, last week, ACT Secondary Students aged 12-17 years, 1996-2017
Data
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Codes and sources
A copy of the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey can be found in Data collections.