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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Dis. 2009 Oct;28(4):320–331. doi: 10.1080/10550880903182796

Table 5. Health Service Utilization and Perceived Health by Demographics and Substance Diagnosis.

ER Visits* Current Poor Health


N M SD p value N % p value
Sex .001 .503
 Male 130 5.30 8.34 130 10%
 Female 179 3.21 6.18 179 8%
Alcohol .006 .530
 Absent 170 3.18 5.15 15 9%
 Present 156 5.17 8.89 17 10%
Tobacco .242 .058
 Absent 248 3.70 6.19 20 8%
 Present 78 5.50 9.81 12 15%
Marijuana .059 .020
 Absent 279 3.69 5.69 23 8%
 Present 47 6.74 12.93 9 19%
Non-Marijuana Drugs .066 .001
 Absent 284 3.83 6.72 22 8%
 Present 42 6.14 9.97 10 24%
*

Mann-Whitney U tests of association.

Chi-square analysis.

ER = Emergency Room. n = sample size. M = mean. SD = standard deviation.