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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Dec 3;115(1-2):107–112. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.11.003

Table 1.

Drug Use and Psychosocial Characteristics of Rural Drug Users by Overdose Status (N=400)

1 or More ODs n=112 No OD n=288 Witness 1 or More OD n=233 Not Witness 1 or more OD n=167
n % n % n % n %
Male Gender 68 60.7 167 58.0 148 63.5 87 52.1
Age, median (interquartile range [IQR]) 33 (31, 35) 30.5 (30, 31) 31 (30, 32) 31 (30, 33)
White 100 89.3 275 95.5 215 92.3 160 95.8
Education, median (IQR) 12 (11, 12) 12 (12, 12) 12 (12, 12) 12 (11, 12)
Ever in Drug Treatment 72 64.3 148 51.4 140 60.1 80 47.9
Injection Drug Use (IDU)
 Current (past 30 days) 61 54.5 134 46.5 115 49.4 80 47.9
 Lifetime 89 79.5 219 76.0 183 78.5 125 74.8
 Years injecting, median (IQR) 7 (6, 10) 5 (4, 6) 5 (4, 7) 5 (4, 7)
 Lifetime Injection non-Rx Drugs 73 65.2 151 52.4 133 57.1 91 54.5
 Lifetime Injection Rx Opioids 81 72.3 194 67.4 165 70.8 110 65.9
DSM-IV Disorders
 Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) 34 30.4 65 22.6 58 24.9 41 24.5
 Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 43 38.4 70 24.3 65 27.9 48 28.7
 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 23 20.5 33 11.5 39 16.7 17 10.2
 Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD) 45 40.2 81 28.1 87 37.3 39 23.3
Recent (Past 30 Day) Substance Use
 Alcohol 75 67.0 141 49.0 138 29.2 78 46.7
 Heroin 7 6.2 13 4.5 17 7.3 3 1.8
 Illicit Methadone 71 63.4 172 59.7 147 63.1 96 57.5
 OxyContin 74 66.1 199 69.1 163 70.0 110 65.9
 Other oxycodone 80 71.4 199 69.1 171 73.4 108 64.7
 Hydrocodone 98 87.5 227 79.1 201 86.3 124 74.7
 Benzodiazepines 95 84.8 241 83.7 195 93.7 141 84.4
 Cocaine 37 33.0 59 20.5 57 24.5 39 23.3
 Methamphetamine 5 4.5 6 2.1 8 3.4 3 1.8
 Marijuana 81 72.3 167 58.0 160 68.7 88 52.7
Egocentric Social Network Factors
 # Support Members, median (IQR) 2 (1.25, 3) 2 (1, 3) 2 (1.5, 3) 2 (1, 3)
 # Drug Members, median (IQR) 4 (3, 9) 4 (2, 9) 5 (3, 9) 3 (2, 7.5)
 # Sex Members, median (IQR) 2 (1, 5.75) 2 (1, 4) 2 (1, 5.5) 2 (1, 4)
 Drug Network Ties, mean (SE) 1.53 (0.29) 1.75 (0.23) 1.73 (0.26) 1.64 (0.27)
Drug Network Density, mean (SE) 0.10 (0.01) 0.10 (0.01) 0.08 (0.10)
Sociometric Social Network Factors
 In-degree Centrality, mean (SE) 1.41 (0.14) 1.52 (0.10) 1.55 (0.12) 1.41 (0.11)
 Out-degree Centrality, mean (SE) 1.57 (0.12) 1.46 (0.08) 1.63 (0.09) 0.129 (0.09)