Table 1.
Characteristics of people who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada, stratified by non-fatal drug overdose (N = 1059)
| Non-fatal drug overdose* | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Yes (%) | No (%) | p - value |
| n = 171 | n = 888 | ||
| Provisional PTSD diagnosis | |||
| Yes | 94 (55.0) | 320 (36.0) | <0.001 |
| No | 77 (45.0) | 568 (64.0) | |
| Age | |||
| Median split | 64 (37.4) | 466 (52.5) | <0.001 |
| 107 (62.6) | 422 (47.5) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 117 (68.4) | 579 (65.2) | 0.417 |
| Non-male | 54 (31.6) | 309 (34.8) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| White | 86 (50.3) | 474 (53.4) | 0.477 |
| Non-White | 84 (49.1) | 411 (46.3) | |
| Homelessness* | |||
| Yes | 73 (42.7) | 168 (18.9) | <0.001 |
| No | 96 (56.1) | 717 (80.7) | |
| Incarceration* | |||
| Yes | 24 (14.0) | 44 (5.0) | <0.001 |
| No | 146 (85.4) | 842 (94.8) | |
| Public injection drug use* | |||
| Yes | 79 (46.2) | 167 (18.8) | <0.001 |
| No | 92 (53.8) | 718 (80.9) | |
| Needed help injecting drugs* | |||
| Yes | 53 (31.0) | 110 (12.4) | <0.001 |
| No | 118 (69.0) | 778 (87.6) | |
| Daily heroin injection* | |||
| Yes | 49 (28.7) | 149 (16.8) | <0.001 |
| No | 122 (71.3) | 739 (83.2) | |
| Daily stimulant injection* | |||
| Yes | 37 (21.6) | 110 (12.4) | 0.001 |
| No | 134 (78.4) | 778 (87.6) | |
| Daily prescription opioid use* | |||
| Yes | 8 (4.7) | 16 (1.8) | 0.021 |
| No | 163 (95.3) | 872 (98.2) | |
| Daily alcohol use* | |||
| Yes | 17 (9.9) | 72 (8.1) | 0.431 |
| No | 154 (90.1) | 815 (91.8) | |
| Opioid agonist treatment* | |||
| Yes | 83 (48.5) | 395 (44.5) | 0.0303 |
| No | 87 (50.9) | 492 (55.4) | |
*
Activities in the previous 6 months