Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| Non-PBN purchaser, n = 28 | PBN purchaser, n = 24 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People using prescribed opioid medications n = 15 |
People who use illicit opioids n = 13 |
People using prescribed opioid medications n = 7 |
People who use illicit opioids n = 1 |
Other n = 16 |
Total n = 52 |
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| State, n (%) | ||||||
| RI | 7 (47) | 6 (46) | 2 (29) | 1 (100) | 8 (50) | 24 (46) |
| MA | 8 (53) | 7 (54) | 5 (71) | 0 | 8 (50) | 28 (54) |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
| Male | 5 (33) | 7 (54) | 3 (43) | 0 | 7 (44) | 22 (42) |
| Female | 10 (67) | 6 (46) | 4 (57) | 1 (100) | 9 (56) | 30 (58) |
| Age in years, mean (sd) | 42 (12) | 42 (13) | 42 (12) | n/a | 41 (12) | 41 (12) |
| Race, n (%) | ||||||
| White/Caucasian | 10 (67) | 8 (62) | 3 (43) | 1 (100) | 15 (94) | 37 (71) |
| Black/African American | 3 (20) | 3 (23) | 2 (29) | 0 | 0 | 8 (15) |
| Asian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 2 (13) | 2 (15) | 2 (29) | 0 | 1 (6) | 7 (13%) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||
| Not Hispanic | 15 (100) | 10 (77) | 7 (100) | 1 (100) | 15 (94) | 48 (92) |
| Hispanic | 0 | 3 (23) | 0 | 0 | 1 (6) | 4 (8) |