Table 1 Descriptive statistics for study variables
Contacts with care agencies | % | N |
Opioid agonist treatment | 22.5 | 43 |
Inpatient psychiatric or addiction care | 31.4 | 60 |
Inpatient somatic care | 36.6 | 70 |
Emergency care, psychiatric or addiction | 31.9 | 61 |
Emergency care, somatic | 35.1 | 67 |
Non-fatal overdose | 31.9 | 61 |
Attempted suicide | 9.9 | 19 |
Social services, addiction unit | 57.1 | 109 |
Residential treatment | 20.9 | 40 |
Housing services | 18.3 | 35 |
Compulsory treatment investigation | 15.2 | 29 |
Previous addiction treatment | 51.8 | 99 |
Probation service | 28.3 | 54 |
Prison sentence served | 8.4 | 16 |
Variables used in comparative analysis | ||
Age (mean, SD) | 35.45 | 10.75 |
Sex (male) | 82.2 | 157 |
Financial assistance | 50.8 | 97 |
Stable housing | 70.2 | 134 |
Death in own residence | 58.6 | 112 |
Witness present | 40.8 | 78 |
Needle marks | 46.6 | 89 |
Heroin | 18.3 | 35 |
Morphine | 26.2 | 50 |
Codeine | 22.5 | 43 |
Methadone | 47.1 | 90 |
Buprenorphine | 27.2 | 52 |
Fentanyl | 16.2 | 31 |
Oxicodone | 5.8 | 11 |
Benzodiazepines (total) | 72.3 | 138 |
Alprazolam | 45.0 | 86 |
Diazepam | 16.8 | 32 |
Pregabalin | 24.6 | 47 |
Z-drugs | 23.0 | 44 |
CNS stimulants | 23.0 | 44 |
Alcohol | 17.8 | 34 |
Cannabis (THC) | 19.9 | 38 |
Antidepressants | 25.7 | 49 |