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The National Centre for Research into the Prevention of Drug Abuse has initiated a mortality/morbidity analysis with a view to: identifying geographical variations in drug related deaths/hospitalisations; identifying at risk sex/age groups for drug related diseases; illustrating the magnitude and diversity of drug related deaths/hospitalisations in Western Australia; and examining the patterns of drug related discharges. An overview of the study is presented, with a brief description of the computer packages used, preliminary results of geographical variations in drug related deaths, and a discussion of the Western Australian mortality and morbidity data sources available for this study. (AMRJ, 1989, 19(3), 101–104).

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Mortality and Morbidity in Western Australia Due to Alcohol,Tobacco and other Drug Related Conditions during 1980–1984

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