Understanding the client characteristics of Aboriginal residential alcohol and other drug rehabilitation services in New South Wales, Australia

Table 2 Demographic and treatment characteristics of clients attending an Aboriginal alcohol and other drug residential rehabilitation service in New South Wales (NSW), Australia (1 January 2011–31 December 2016)

Demographic and treatment characteristics Admissions (n)	Study sites (N = 2645)
	Namatjira Haven	The Glen Centre	Weigelli	Orana Haven	Oolong House	Maayu Mali
	n = 382	n = 798	n = 589	n = 329	n = 344	n = 203
Socio demographics
Age (mean)^a,b	35	33	32	34	34	33
Age groups (in years; %)
18–25	20	25	28	25	25	22
26–35	34	35	38	36	34	41
36–45	27	29	26	26	27	24
≥ 46	19	12	8	13	14	13
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (%)	92	59	83	85	62	–^c
Length of stay (%)^d,e
Less than 2 weeks	14	18	21	20	33	–
2 to less than 4 weeks	12	11	20	15	9	–
4 to less than 6 weeks	24	18	14	11	13	–
6 to less than 8 weeks	30	32	8	5	7	–
8 + weeks	20	21	37	49	38	–
Referral source (%)
Criminal justice system	16	28	24	–	28	–
Self	29	38	43	–	60	–
Other	56	34	33	–	12	–
Discharge type (%)
Completed^f	–	55	–	33	30	–
Self-discharge	–	44	–	47	40	–
House rules violation	–	1	–	20	30	–

^aData available for n = 788 (The Glen Centre)
^bData available for n = 327 clients (Orana Haven)
^cRepresents data not available
^dData available for n = 233 clients (Namatjira Haven)
^eData used from a paper by Munro and colleagues (2018; Orana Haven)
^fProgram completion is 12 weeks (for five services) and 16 weeks (for Oolong House)

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