The ‘snapshot’ of our Australia’s Annual Overdose Report shows:
- Drug-induced deaths reached 2,596 in 2024, the highest number on record
- Unintentional overdose deaths rose 15.1% to 2,091 deaths
- Heroin-related deaths reached the highest level recorded this century
- Deaths involving stimulants increased by 25.1% in a single year
- Cocaine-related deaths increased by 28.2% in just one year
- For the first time ever, people in the 50 to 59 age group recorded the highest number of unintentional overdose deaths
- In 2024, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia all experienced the most unintentional drug-induced deaths since the beginning of this data series in 2001.