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. 2015 Oct 1;155:52–59. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.08.018

Table 5.

Non-acquisitive crime subcategories: offending rate, rate ratio and age-adjusted rate ratio, by drug test result and gender.

Men, n = 107,573
Women, n = 32,352
Offence category Statistic % Rate RR aRR % Rate RR aRR
Other summary offences Dually negative 23.6 0.327 Ref. Ref. 7.3 0.075 Ref. Ref.
Cocaine-only 23.0 0.304 0.93 [0.91, 0.95] 0.95 [0.93, 0.98] 11.8 0.119 1.58 [1.45, 1.71] 1.54 [1.42, 1.68]
Opiate-only 23.9 0.363 1.11 [1.08, 1.14] 1.24 [1.20, 1.28] 13.4 0.137 1.81 [1.65, 1.98] 1.84 [1.68, 2.01]
Opiate and cocaine 24.0 0.356 1.09 [1.06, 1.11] 1.23 [1.20, 1.26] 13.8 0.162 2.15 [2.01, 2.29] 2.13 [1.99, 2.28]
Breach Dually negative 20.8 0.260 Ref. Ref. 8.2 0.103 Ref. Ref.
Cocaine-only 21.1 0.249 0.96 [0.93, 0.98] 0.99 [0.97, 1.02] 20.6 0.275 2.67 [2.52, 2.83] 2.56 [2.42, 2.72]
Opiate-only 36.2 0.503 1.94 [1.89, 1.99] 2.22 [2.16, 2.28] 33.5 0.501 4.86 [4.61, 5.12] 4.85 [4.60, 5.11]
Opiate and cocaine 38.4 0.522 2.01 [1.96, 2.05] 2.33 [2.28, 2.38] 43.6 0.675 6.54 [6.29, 6.81] 6.32 [6.07, 6.59]
Violence against the person Dually negative 16.7 0.127 Ref. Ref. 7.1 0.055 Ref. Ref.
Cocaine-only 15.4 0.115 0.90 [0.87, 0.93] 0.94 [0.91, 0.97] 10.0 0.074 1.35 [1.21, 1.50] 1.38 [1.24, 1.53]
Opiate-only 14.7 0.111 0.87 [0.83, 0.92] 1.01 [0.96, 1.07] 12.1 0.094 1.72 [1.54, 1.91] 1.92 [1.72, 2.14]
Opiate and cocaine 14.3 0.105 0.83 [0.79, 0.87] 0.98 [0.93, 1.02] 10.9 0.076 1.39 [1.27, 1.52] 1.54 [1.40, 1.69]
Criminal damage Dually negative 10.8 0.082 Ref. Ref. 3.2 0.023 Ref. Ref.
Cocaine-only 9.0 0.062 0.76 [0.73, 0.80] 0.83 [0.79, 0.87] 3.6 0.023 0.99 [0.82, 1.20] 1.03 [0.85, 1.24]
Opiate-only 7.6 0.053 0.65 [0.60, 0.70] 0.87 [0.80, 0.94] 4.0 0.025 1.09 [0.89, 1.34] 1.24 [1.01, 1.53]
Opiate and cocaine 6.8 0.046 0.56 [0.52, 0.59] 0.76 [0.71, 0.81] 3.2 0.020 0.86 [0.72, 1.02] 0.98 [0.82, 1.17]
Other indictable offences Dually negative 5.6 0.051 Ref. Ref. 1.6 0.012 Ref. Ref.
Cocaine-only 5.3 0.045 0.88 [0.83, 0.93] 1.00 [0.94, 1.06] 2.4 0.027 2.21 [1.84, 2.66] 2.20 [1.83, 2.65]
Opiate-only 5.8 0.053 1.04 [0.96, 1.12] 1.42 [1.32, 1.54] 2.8 0.022 1.83 [1.46, 2.30] 1.90 [1.51, 2.39]
Opiate and cocaine 5.7 0.051 1.00 [0.94, 1.07] 1.40 [1.31, 1.49] 3.9 0.052 4.34 [3.81, 4.94] 4.47 [3.91, 5.12]
Sexual Dually negative 0.9 0.008 Ref. Ref.
Cocaine-only 0.6 0.005 0.62 [0.52, 0.73] 0.62 [0.53, 0.73]
Opiate-only 0.5 0.004 0.47 [0.35, 0.62] 0.44 [0.33, 0.59]
Opiate and cocaine 0.4 0.005 0.56 [0.46, 0.69] 0.52 [0.43, 0.65]

% = percentage with crime over follow-up; rate = rate of offending per person year; RR = rate ratio; aRR = rate ratio adjusted for age (counts of offences and age-covariate estimates available in Appendix C).