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Table 3.

Annual prevalence of police seizure of drugs without arrest in the past 6 months among people who used drugs daily in Vancouver, Canada, 2009–2021

Calendar year	2009 (June–December)	2010	2011	2012 (January–November)	2019 June–2020 March	2021 (June–November)
N interviewed	711	816	773	699	858	533
N and % (95% CI) reporting drug seizure^a	49 6.9 (5.0–8.8)	66 8.1 (6.2–10.0)	43 5.6 (3.9–7.2)	23 3.3 (2.0–4.6)	44 5.1 (3.6–6.6)	23 4.3 (2.6–6.0)

Calendar year

2009 (June–December)

2010

2011

2012 (January–November)

2019 June–2020 March

2021 (June–November)

N interviewed

711

816

773

699

858

533

N and % (95% CI) reporting drug seizure^a

6.9 (5.0–8.8)

8.1 (6.2–10.0)

5.6 (3.9–7.2)

3.3 (2.0–4.6)

5.1 (3.6–6.6)

4.3 (2.6–6.0)

Because data were collected only for 7 months in 2019 and two and a half months in 2020, these 2 years’ data were combined when estimating the annual prevalence

CI: Confidence interval

^aThe number refers to the number of participants providing at least one report of police seizure of drugs without arrest in the past 6 months