Table 1.
Demographics distribution and percentages of EMS encounters with naloxone administration within Baltimore City for patients age 15 or older from 2012 to 2017.
| 2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
Total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | |
| Total | 1,546 | (7.51) | 1,799 | (8.74) | 2,267 | (11.01) | 2,953 | (14.34) | 5,519 | (26.80) | 6,508 | (31.60) | 20,592 | (100.00) |
| Sex | ||||||||||||||
| Female | 484 | (31.31) | 613 | (34.07) | 691 | (30.48) | 900 | (30.48) | 1,486 | (26.93) | 1,665 | (25.58) | 5,839 | (28.36) |
| Male | 1,035 | (66.95) | 1,123 | (62.42) | 1,561 | (68.86) | 2,034 | (68.88) | 3,936 | (71.32) | 4,660 | (71.60) | 14,349 | (69.68) |
| Missing | 27 | (1.75) | 63 | (3.50) | 15 | (0.66) | 19 | (0.64) | 97 | (1.76) | 183 | (2.81) | 404 | (1.96) |
| Race | ||||||||||||||
| White | 391 | (25.29) | 513 | (28.52) | 600 | (26.47) | 773 | (26.18) | 1,386 | (25.11) | 1,570 | (24.12) | 5,233 | (25.41) |
| African American | 615 | (39.78) | 829 | (46.08) | 1,089 | (48.04) | 1,548 | (52.42) | 3,113 | (56.41) | 3,631 | (55.79) | 10,825 | (52.57) |
| Other | 41 | (2.65) | 38 | (2.11) | 53 | (2.34) | 81 | (2.74) | 134 | (2.43) | 185 | (2.84) | 532 | (2.58) |
| Missing | 499 | (32.28) | 419 | (23.29) | 525 | (23.16) | 551 | (18.66) | 886 | (16.05) | 1,122 | (17.24) | 4,002 | (19.43) |
| Age | ||||||||||||||
| 15–19 | 26 | (1.68) | 27 | (1.50) | 21 | (0.93) | 28 | (0.95) | 34 | (0.62) | 26 | (0.40) | 162 | (0.79) |
| 20–24 | 79 | (5.11) | 87 | (4.84) | 107 | (4.72) | 132 | (4.47) | 237 | (4.29) | 239 | (3.67) | 881 | (4.28) |
| 25–29 | 110 | (7.12) | 136 | (7.56) | 171 | (7.54) | 235 | (7.96) | 404 | (7.32) | 508 | (7.81) | 1,564 | (7.60) |
| 30–34 | 99 | (6.40) | 155 | (8.62) | 165 | (7.28) | 214 | (7.25) | 409 | (7.41) | 525 | (8.07) | 1,567 | (7.61) |
| 35–39 | 83 | (5.37) | 122 | (6.78) | 157 | (6.93) | 231 | (7.82) | 386 | (6.99) | 454 | (6.98) | 1,433 | (6.96) |
| 40–44 | 145 | (9.38) | 172 | (9.56) | 227 | (10.01) | 253 | (8.57) | 407 | (7.37) | 448 | (6.88) | 1,652 | (8.02) |
| 45–49 | 193 | (12.48) | 229 | (12.73) | 294 | (12.97) | 407 | (13.78) | 742 | (13.44) | 812 | (12.48) | 2,677 | (13.00) |
| 50–54 | 230 | (14.88) | 298 | (16.56) | 375 | (16.54) | 492 | (16.66) | 870 | (15.76) | 1,048 | (16.10) | 3,313 | (16.09) |
| 55–59 | 164 | (10.61) | 222 | (12.34) | 293 | (12.92) | 395 | (13.38) | 901 | (16.33) | 1,001 | (15.38) | 2,976 | (14.45) |
| 60–64 | 105 | (6.79) | 133 | (7.39) | 192 | (8.47) | 221 | (7.48) | 458 | (8.30) | 554 | (8.51) | 1,663 | (8.08) |
| 65–69 | 51 | (3.30) | 62 | (3.45) | 79 | (3.48) | 124 | (4.20) | 266 | (4.82) | 315 | (4.84) | 897 | (4.36) |
| 70–74 | 18 | (1.16) | 28 | (1.56) | 57 | (2.51) | 67 | (2.27) | 96 | (1.74) | 109 | (1.67) | 375 | (1.82) |
| 75–79 | 10 | (0.65) | 18 | (1.00) | 49 | (2.16) | 30 | (1.02) | 64 | (1.16) | 63 | (0.97) | 234 | (1.14) |
| 80–84 | 12 | (0.78) | 22 | (1.22) | 13 | (0.57) | 34 | (1.15) | 37 | (0.67) | 45 | (0.69) | 163 | (0.79) |
| 85 or older | 16 | (1.03) | 21 | (1.17) | 35 | (1.54) | 42 | (1.42) | 42 | (0.76) | 39 | (0.60) | 195 | (0.95) |
| Missing | 205 | (13.26) | 67 | (3.72) | 32 | (1.41) | 48 | (1.63) | 166 | (3.01) | 322 | (4.95) | 840 | (4.08) |