Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for continuous variables, overall and by overdose in the previous 6 months (n=356)
| Overall (n=356) | Did not overdose (n=258, 72.5%) | Overdosed (n=98, 27.5%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | Median |
| Age (years) | 39.2 | 9.5 | 37.8 | 39.4 | 10.0 | 38.3 | 38.5 | 8.2 | 37.0 |
| Time since first illicit use of opioids (years) | 18.5 | 9.6 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 10.1 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 8.2 | 18.3 |
| NP buprenorphine frequency of use (% of days, past 6m) | 14.6 | 20.4 | 5.4 | 16.4 | 22.3 | 6.8 | 10.0 | 13.5 | 4.3 |
| Heroin/fentanyl frequency of use (% of days, past 6m) | 56.4 | 36.5 | 67.4 | 52.5 | 37.9 | 60.1 | 66.6 | 30.8 | 76.1 |
| Prescribed pain pill frequency of use (% of days, past 6m) | 2.7 | 10.3 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| NP pain pill frequency of use (% of days, past 6m) | 11.6 | 22.5 | 0.5 | 12.8 | 24.2 | 1.1 | 8.4 | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| Cocaine/crack frequency of use (% of days, past 6m) | 19.0 | 27.8 | 4.3 | 17.6 | 27.1 | 3.3 | 22.6 | 29.4 | 6.3 |
| Methamphetamine frequency of use (% of days, past 6m) | 11.9 | 23.0 | 0.5 | 10.8 | 22.8 | 0.0 | 14.8 | 23.5 | 4.3 |
| NP benzodiazepine frequency of use (% of days, past 6m) | 12.9 | 23.1 | 1.6 | 11.6 | 20.8 | 1.1 | 16.6 | 28.3 | 2.2 |