Table 4.
Percentage of drug positivity among injured drivers and passengers during pre-COVID and COVID periods by drug categorya
| Drug category | Drivers (N = 1051) | Passengers (N = 204) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-COVID (N = 471) | COVID (N = 580) | Pre-COVID (N = 89) | COVID (N = 115) | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Alcohol | 73 | 15.5 | 101 | 17.4 | 12 | 13.5 | 21 | 18.3 |
| Cannabinoids | 94 | 20.0 | 139 | 24.0 | 20 | 22.5 | 33 | 28.7 |
| Opioid | 137 | 29.1 | 214 | 36.9* | 27 | 30.3 | 50 | 43.5 |
| Stimulant | 66 | 14.0 | 93 | 16.0 | 14 | 15.7 | 23 | 20.0 |
| Depressant | 78 | 16.6 | 89 | 15.3 | 13 | 14.6 | 12 | 10.4 |
ap values obtained via Chi-square tests. Asterix (*) denotes p ≤ 0.05