Abstract
The Clients at Residential Agencies (CARA) database of the New South Wales Drug and Alcohol Directorate was analysed for trends in admissions of clients with alcohol problems over the years 1988-92. There were no changes in the mean age and sex ratio of admissions, with the treatment population in all years predominantly males in their mid-thirties. There was a decrease in the proportion of clients who were employed full-time (25.1-16.4%), and an increase in admissions with criminal histories (45.7-59.3%). More than half of admissions in all years had alcohol problems of greater then 10 years' standing. The percentage of people who had never been in treatment before decreased from 44.4% in 1988 to 18.7% in 1992.
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