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Table 2 Demographic of 2006 IDD deaths in British Columbia by place of injury/death

From: The context of illicit drug overdose deaths in British Columbia, 2006

 

Vancouver (n = 54)

Outside Vancouver (n = 169)

p-value

Mean age at death (SD)

43.9 (9.9)

39.2 (11.3)

< 0.01

Gender (%)

  

0.03

   Male

49 (90.7)

131 (77.5)

-

   Female

5 (9.3)

38 (22.5)

-

Ethnicity (%)*

  

n.s.

   Aboriginal

4 (7.4)

15 (8.9)

-

   Non-Aboriginal

50 (92.6)

154 (91.1)

-

Death Premise (%)

  

0.05

   Residential

46 (85.2)

111 (65.7)

-

   Medical facility

6 (11.1)

37 (21.9)

-

   Transport area

1 (1.9)

9 (5.3)

-

   Other**

1 (1.9)

12 (7.1)

-

  1. *Aboriginal ethnicity was as reported to Coroner by associates, family etc. and not necessarily accurate.
  2. ** Note that other includes: other specified place (5), wooded area (2), public building (1), correctional institution (2), detoxification centre (1) unknown (1), null (1).
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