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Table 1 Description of Sample

From: “I’m not going to lay back and watch somebody die”: a qualitative study of how people who use drugs’ naloxone experiences are shaped by rural risk environment and overdose education/naloxone distribution intervention

N = 29

Frequency

Percentage

Gender

Male

11

37.93

Female

18

62.07

Education

Less than high school

10

34.48

High school diploma or GED

10

34.48

Some college

8

27.59

Associates degree/trade or technical school

1

3.45

Race

White

28

96.55

Other

1

3.45

Current drug of choice for getting high

Heroin

11

37.93

Opiate painkillers

2

6.90

Buprenorphine

2

6.90

Benzodiazepines

1

3.45

Methamphetamine

12

41.38

Gabapentin

1

3.45

Ever used naloxone on someone to reverse overdose

No

12

41.37

Yes

17

58.62

Baseline: have naloxone with them or at home at any point in past 90 days

No

10

34.48

Yes

19

65.52

3-months: have naloxone with them or at home at any point in past 90 days

No

5

17.24

Yes

17

58.62

Did not take part in 3-month survey

7

24.14