Table 1 Age and sex distributions of the analytic sample and selected drug use characteristics, overdose risk category
High risk of opioid overdose | Low risk of opioid overdose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | N | % | N | % | (χ2)p |
Male | 834 | 81.9 | 245 | 52.9 | < 0.001 |
Female | 184 | 18.1 | 218 | 47.1 | |
Age | |||||
< 25 years | 8 | 0.8 | 26 | 5.6 | < 0.001 |
25–29 years | 60 | 5.9 | 56 | 12.1 | |
30–39 years | 469 | 46.1 | 162 | 34.9 | |
40–49 years | 365 | 35.9 | 137 | 29.6 | |
> 50 years | 116 | 11.4 | 82 | 17.7 | |
Employment | |||||
Working full-time | 194 | 19.1 | 249 | 53.8 | < 0.001 |
Part-time | 314 | 30.8 | 109 | 23.5 | |
Unemployed | 317 | 31.1 | 35 | 7.6 | |
Other | 193 | 19.0 | 70 | 15.1 | |
DAST-10 | |||||
No-substantial level problems | 410 | 40.3 | - | - | |
Severe level problems | 608 | 59.7 | - | - | |
Current drug treatment | |||||
Yes | 386 | 37.9 | - | - | |
No | 632 | 62.1 | - | - | |
Ever overdosed | |||||
Yes | 747 | 73.4 | - | - | |
No | 271 | 26.6 | - | - | |
Ever witnessed an overdose | |||||
Yes | 960 | 94.3 | 297 | 64.2 | < 0.001 |
No | 58 | 5.7 | 166 | 35.9 | |