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Figure 8.3.2 Drug influenced Indigenous homicides, 1999-2000 to 2004-05 aBoth victim and offender under influenceOffender under influence but not victim50Victim under influence but not offenderTotal drug-influenced homicidesPer cent ofall homicides4030201001999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05a Totals are the aggregate of three categories of homicides under influence of drugs: both the ‘victim andoffender under the influence’,’ victim under the influence but not offender’, and ‘offender under the influencebut not victim’.Source: AIC NHMP (unpublished); table 8A.3.5.• The overall level of drug-influenced Indigenous homicides fell from35.3 per cent in 1999-2000 to 10.0 per cent in 2004-05, with significantdecreases occurring between 2003-04 and 2004-05, and between 1999-2000 and2000-01 (figure 8.3.2).Drug related hospitalisations and deathsData on hospitalisations related to drug use reported for this indicator are sourcedfrom the AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database. These data only cover drugrelated illnesses resulting in admission to a hospital. Further, data are only availablefor conditions directly attributable to drug use and do not include most conditionswhere drug use may be a contributing factor but where the link is not direct andimmediate. Lastly, identification of Indigenous patients is incomplete andcompleteness varies across jurisdictions. The AIHW has advised that only data forQueensland, WA, SA and the NT are considered to be acceptable for analyticalpurposes. Data for NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT were withheld by AIHWdue to high rates of under-identification of Indigenous people (see chapter 2 andappendix 4 for more information). The limitations of using hospital statistics arediscussed in appendix 3.Based on data from four jurisdictions (Queensland, WA, SA and the NT), in2004-05 (table 8A.3.1):8.34 OVERCOMINGINDIGENOUSDISADVANTAGE 2007