Table 1:
Demographic characteristics of included patients and naloxone prescription rates.
| Naloxone Prescribed | |||||
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| Total | Yes | No | p value1 | ||
| n=1,342 | n=580 (43.2%) | n=762 (56.8%) | |||
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| Age Group (years) | 16-24 | 64 (4.8%) | 31 (5.3%) | 33 (4.3%) | 0.01 |
| 25-34 | 384 (28.6%) | 187 (32.2%) | 197 (25.9%) | ||
| 35-44 | 422 (31.4%) | 181 (31.2%) | 241 (31.6%) | ||
| 45-54 | 224 (16.7%) | 90 (15.5%) | 134 (17.6%) | ||
| 55-64 | 170 (12.7%) | 71 (12.2%) | 99 (13.0%) | ||
| 65+ | 78 (5.8%) | 20 (3.4%) | 58 (7.6%) | ||
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| Gender | Female | 417 (31.1%) | 164 (28.3%) | 253 (33.2%) | 0.06 |
| Male | 925 (68.9%) | 416 (71.7%) | 509 (66.8%) | ||
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| Race/Ethnicity | Hispanic/Latinx | 175 (13.0%) | 93 (16.0%) | 82 (10.8%) | 0.004 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 108 (8.0%) | 49 (8.4%) | 59 (7.7%) | ||
| Non-Hispanic White | 1,000 (74.5%) | 403 (69.5%) | 597 (78.3%) | ||
| Other2 | 32 (2.4%) | 20 (3.4%) | 12 (1.6%) | ||
| Unknown | 27 (2.0%) | 15 (2.6%) | 12 (1.6%) | ||
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| Primary Language | English | 1,293 (96.3%) | 561 (96.7%) | 732 (96.1%) | 0.89 |
| Non-English | 32 (2.4%) | 12 (2.1%) | 20 (2.6%) | ||
| Unknown | 17 (1.3%) | 7 (1.2%) | 10 (1.3%) | ||
1
P-values calculated with Chi-square analysis. Bolded values indicate results statistically significant at the p<0.05 level.
2
The “Other” race/ethnicity category included Asian (n=10), American Indian or Alaska Native (n=1), two or more (n=13), and “other”, as recorded in our electronic health record (n=8).