Table 1.
Drug use among Karen villagers in the past one yeara
| Village A | Village B | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug use | Male (n = 174) |
Female (n = 182) |
Total (n = 356) |
Male (n = 100) |
Female (n = 92) |
Total (n = 192) |
Grand total (n = 548) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Methamphetamine usec | 34 | 19.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 39 | 11.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 7.8 | 54 | 9.9 |
| Opium usec | 16 | 9.2 | 2 | 1.1 | 18 | 5.1 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 14 | 7.3 | 32 | 5.8 |
| Marijuana usec | 18 | 10.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 5.1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.6 | 21 | 3.8 |
| Heroin usec | 11 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 3.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 13 | 2.4 |
| Any of 4 drugsb use | 41 | 23.6 | 7 | 3.8 | 48 | 13.5 | 22 | 22.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 25 | 13.0 | 73 | 13.3 |
| Methamphetamine non-used | 7 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.1 | 9 | 2.5 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.3 | 10 | 5.2 | 19 | 3.5 |
| Non-drug use | 130 | 74.7 | 174 | 95.6 | 304 | 85.4 | 74 | 74.0 | 88 | 95.7 | 162 | 84.4 | 466 | 85.0 |
| Missing data | 3 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 | 1.1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 2.6 | 9 | 1.6 |
| Drug injection | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 |
aProportion of missing data varied from 0.5 to 6.7%
bMethamphetamine, opium, marijuana, or heroin
cIncluded multiple use
dIncluded multiple use except for methamphetamine