Table 3. Summary of fatal overdoses based on validation sample.
Homeless | Not Homeless | Rate ratio (95% CI) | |||||
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N | No. of deaths | Mortality rate | N | No. of deaths | Mortality rate | ||
Model predicted homeless status | 69,675 | 724 | 1039.1 | 1,192,443 | 541 | 45.4 | 22.9 (20.5–25.6) |
Weighted homeless status (Approach 1) | 169,378 | 743 | 438.7 | 1,093,281 | 522 | 47.7 | 9.2 (8.2–10.3) |
Weighted homeless status (Approach 2) | 55,430 | 618 | 1114.9 | 1,207,229 | 647 | 53.6 | 20.8 (18.6–23.2) |