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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2017 Jul-Aug;11(4):315–319. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000312

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Diagnoses (%)

Characteristic Died
n= 465
Did not die
n=2,111
TOTAL
n=2,576
Sociodemographics
Female (%)*** 31.6 41.7 39.9
Ethnicity/race (%)***
  White 75.1 79.2 78.4
  Black 11.2 6.8 7.6
  Hispanic 2.8 2.9 2.9
  Asian 1.1 2.1 1.9
  Other/unknown 9.9 9.1 9.2
Age at first OUD diagnosis, Mean (SD)*** 48.4 (11.0) 39.8 (13.3) 41.4 (13.3)
Financial sources (%)***
  Medicare 4.7 14.3 12.5
  MediCal 4.3 11.3 10.1
  Commercial health plans 3.9 20.1 17.2
  Self-pay/other 87.1 51.3 57.7
Physical health and disease (%)
Heart disease*** 74.6 48.6 53.3
Respiratory disease*** 66.7 45.9 49.7
Sleep disorder** 12.3 17.5 16.5
Liver disease*** 45.6 14.3 20.0
Cancer*** 28.4 10.9 14.1
Diabetes*** 22.6 11.0 13.1
Sexually Transmitted Disease 0.4 1.2 1.1
HIV 2.4 2.3 2.3
HCV*** 47.5 16.6 22.2
Chronic pain 51.4 53.4 53.1
Other substance use disorders (%)
Tobacco use disorder* 23.9 18.7 19.6
Alcohol use disorder*** 39.8 22.6 25.7
Cannabis use disorder*** 16.3 9.6 10.8
Amphetamine use disorder 9.7 11.5 11.2
Cocaine use disorder** 17.4 12.3 13.2
Hallucinogen use disorder* 4.3 2.5 2.8
Mental disorders (%)* 60.7 66.3 65.3
Psychotic disorder 11.8 9.9 10.2
Bipolar disorder 9.7 12.9 12.3
Depression disorder* 40.0 45.7 44.7
Anxiety disorder*** 24.3 34.1 32.3
Other mental disorder 30.1 34.7 33.9
*

p<.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001