In a life threatening emergency dial Triple Zero (000)
Mental Health
Call Mental Health Triage on
1800 629 354
(free call except from mobiles or public phones) or
6205 1065
Poisons Hotline
For a poison emergency in Australia call
13 11 26
Drug and Alcohol Help Line
The Drug and Alcohol Help Line is available 24-hours, 7 days a week on
5124 9977
Health Protection Service
For after hours urgent public health matters including environmental health, radiation safety, food poisoning and communicable disease management phone:
02 5124 9700
healthdirect
ACT State Emergency Service
Emergency help
during flood or storms
*The national 2019 cancer incidence data reported by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare are estimates based on previous years’ trends. By contrast, all ACT-specific incidence data reported here utilise actual ACT data.
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The authors wish to thank the Registries of Births, Deaths and Marriages, the Coroners and the National Coronial Information System for enabling the cause of death unit record file data to be used for this publication.