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is about taking tablets in your community.
We hope it will help you.
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PATTERNS IN NT
ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
A report prepared by the Drug and Alcohol Bureau
Department of Health and Community Services
Vol.1-Grog
Vol. 2 - Smoking Vol. 3 - Chewing
(V':)lume Four)
WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT
This book is about Aboriginal people taking TABLETS .
There are three other books about -
• SMOKING
• GROG
• CHEWING
They go together to make one report about drugs in your community.
We made this book because nobody knew how many people were taking tablets.
People from the Drug and Alcohol Bureau travelled around Centr~I Australia asking lots of questions about taking tablets.
They talked to 670 people who lived in large communities, out- stations, town camps and cattle stations.
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Cattle stations
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
One person shows 1 O people we have counted.
When you read the· words:
None
Only a few
Only some
Some
About half
A lot of
Most
All
It means 0%
It means 1-10%
It means 11-20%
It means 21-40%
It means 41-60%
It means 61-80%
It means 81-99%
It means 1 OOo/o
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• A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE TAB LETS
• MOST PEOPLE TAKE TAB LETS WHEN THEY FEEL SICK*
*HEADACHES
*TOOTHACHES
*BACKACHES
*HANGOVERS
• ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE
WHO TAKE TABLETS TAKE THEM ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS·
• ONLY A FEW PEOPLE {3%)
TAKE TABLETS EVERYDAY
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SURVEY
RESULTS
Of all the people a lot take tablets (77%)
Most women (87%) and
A lot of men take tablets (66%)
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Only some women (13%) and
Some men don't take tablets (34 % )
HOW MANY WOMEN TAKE TAB LETS?
Most women aged 15 to 40 years take tablets (91 o/o)
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Most women 41 years and older take tablets (82%) .
HOW MANY MEN TAKE TABLETS?
About half of the men aged 15 to 40 years take tablets (59%)
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AKE TABLETS?
A lot of men aged 41 years and older take tablets (80%)
HOW MANY TABLETS DO PEOPLE TAKE?
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, • Some people take only one tablet
(38%)
• A lot of people take two tablets
(61 %)
• Only a few people take more than two tablets
(1 o/o)
MOST PEOPLE TAKE TWO TAB LETS ONCE A DAV WtiEN THEY FEEL SICK
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41%
A FEW TIMES A MONTH
13%
EVERY WEEK ~~.,...
43%
A FEW TIMES A YEAR
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3%
DAILY
HAVE GIVEN UP TAKING TABLETS
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Only some people have given up using tablets (12%)
Graphics:
Statistics:
Research:
Production:
Charlotte Watson
Jillian Fleming
Jillian Fleming Greg Morris
Kerryn Alexander Carol Watson
Jillian Fleming Charlotte Watson
We wish to thank all the people who talked
to us and answered our questions.
