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Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Jun 1;69(Suppl 2):S100–S109. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000623

TABLE 2.

Sex-Specific Non-AIDS Mortality Among People Who Inject Drugs

	Women			Men			Studies (N)	CMR Ratio (Women/men); (95% CI)	I² (P)

	Studies (N)	Pooled CMR per 100 PY (95% CI)	I² (P)	Studies (N)	Pooled CMR per 100 PY (95% CI)	I² (P)
Overall	19	0.91 (0.68 to 1.14)	88% (<0.001)	21	1.35 (1.19 to 1.52)	85% (<0.001)	19	1.34 (1.14 to 1.57)	44% (0.022)
High-income countries	17	0.92 (0.68 to 1.15)	88% (<0.001)	17	1.22 (1.09 to 1.36)	81% (<0.001)	17	1.33 (1.13 to 1.57)	49% (0.012)
Low- and middle- income countries	2	0.59 (−0.67 to 1.85)	0% (0.698)	4	3.25 (2.30 to 4.19)	55% (<0.1)	2	3.16 (0.43 to 23.35)	0% (0.869)

CMR, crude mortality rate; PY, person-years.

Source from Ref. 10.