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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prehosp Emerg Care. 2013 Jul-Sep;17(3):317–329. doi: 10.3109/10903127.2013.792888

Table 2.

Incidence rates of EMS naloxone administration by Baltimore City Emergency Medical Services in Baltimore for patients 15 years and over by sex and age (October 2008-09).#

Baltimore city population estimate Naloxone administrations Incidence rate per 1,000 person-years (95% CI)
Males
 15 - 19 24,895 11 0.41 (0.20, 0.73)
 20 - 24 23,492 38 1.49 (1.06, 2.05)
 25 - 34 42,370 110 2.40 (1.97, 2.89)
 35 - 44 41,740 182 4.05 (3.46, 4.65)
 45 - 54 42,322 290 6.37 (5.62, 7.10)
 55 - 59 17,307 70 3.79 (2.91, 4.72)
 60 - 64 12,657 51 3.72 (2.77, 4.89)
 65 - 74 15,898 33 1.92 (1.32, 2.69)
 75 - 84 9,811 15 1.41 (0.79, 2.33)
 85 or older 2,929 5 1.58 (0.51, 3.68)
 Missing 24
 Total 233,421 829 2.59 (2.40, 2.75)
Females
 15 - 19 25,665 10 0.36 (0.17, 0.66)
 20 - 24 25,578 19 0.72 (0.41, 1.07)
 25 - 34 46,996 63 1.24 (0.95, 1.58)
 35 - 44 46,079 106 2.12 (1.74, 2.57)
 45 - 54 50,186 136 2.50 (2.10, 2.96)
 55 - 59 21,063 47 2.06 (1.51, 2.74)
 60 - 64 16,289 20 1.13 (0.69, 1.75)
 65 - 74 22,662 20 0.81 (0.50, 1.26)
 75 - 84 17,626 11 0.58 (0.29, 1.03)
 85 or older 7,151 12 1.55 (0.80, 2.71)
 Missing 13
 Total 279,295 457 1.24 (1.13, 1.35)
City Total 512,716 1,286 1.87 (1.76, 1.96)
#

Baltimore resident data are from US Census (2008)31.