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. 2017 Oct 1;179:309–316. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.07.024

Table 2.

Offending rates for four categories of offences.

All crimes
Non-serious acquisitive crimes
Serious acquisitive crimes
Violent crimes
Gender Category person years follow-up Number Rate [95% CI] Number Rate [95% CI] Number Rate [95% CI] Number Rate [95% CI]
Male non-users 923,663 837,019 0.91 [0.90, 0.91] 176,783 0.19 [0.19, 0.19] 150,177 0.16 [0.16, 0.16] 61,730 0.07 [0.07, 0.07]
Opiate users 290,007 528,153 1.82 [1.82, 1.83] 153,031 0.53 [0.53, 0.53] 103,654 0.36 [0.36, 0.36] 25,247 0.09 [0.09, 0.09]
Pre-initiation 96,491 115,682 1.20 [1.19, 1.21] 25,285 0.26 [0.26, 0.27] 34,317 0.36 [0.35, 0.36] 6672 0.07 [0.07, 0.07]
Post-initiation 97,788 270,885 2.77 [2.76, 2.78] 91,148 0.93 [0.93, 0.94] 40,917 0.42 [0.41, 0.42] 10,796 0.11 [0.11, 0.11]
Initiation missing 95,728 141,586 1.48 [1.47, 1.49] 36,598 0.38 [0.38, 0.39] 28,420 0.30 [0.29, 0.30] 7779 0.08 [0.08, 0.08]



Female non-users 304,612 100,525 0.33 [0.33, 0.33] 51,518 0.17 [0.17, 0.17] 4194 0.01 [0.01, 0.01] 8192 0.03 [0.03, 0.03]
Opiate users 87,373 120,336 1.38 [1.37, 1.39] 66,637 0.76 [0.76, 0.77] 4509 0.05 [0.05, 0.05] 4840 0.06 [0.05, 0.06]
Pre-initiation 32,839 15,139 0.46 [0.45, 0.47] 8335 0.25 [0.25, 0.26] 1096 0.03 [0.03, 0.04] 1149 0.03 [0.03, 0.04]
Post-initiation 29,807 80,056 2.69 [2.67, 2.70] 44,767 1.50 [1.49, 1.52] 2451 0.08 [0.08, 0.09] 2523 0.08 [0.08, 0.09]
Initiation missing 24,727 25,141 1.02 [1.00, 1.03] 13,535 0.55 [0.54, 0.56] 962 0.04 [0.04, 0.04] 1168 0.05 [0.04, 0.05]