Patterns of pre-treatment drug abuse, drug treatment history and characteristics of addicts in methadone maintenance treatment in Iran

Table 1 Characteristics and main drug of abuse among patients receiving MMT (n = 810) in Tehran

Variable	Male		Female		Total
Variable	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age
18–24	26	3	4	12	30	4
25–34	263	34	11	33	274	34
35–44	234	30	4	12	238	29
45–54	151	19	10	30	161	20
55–64	81	10	4	12	85	11
65≤	22	3	−	−	22	3
Total	777		33		810
Marital status
Married	541	70	23	70	564	70
Single	164	21	4	12	168	21
Widow	7	1	2	6	9	1
Divorced	64	8	4	12	68	8
Total	776		33		809
Education status
Illiterate	12	2	5	16	17	2
Elementary school	68	9	2	6	70	9
High school	500	66	19	59	519	65
University	183	24	6	19	189	24
Total	763		32		795
Job status (in the last 3 months)
Full time job	424	55	4	13	428	53
Unemployed	115	15	4	13	119	15
Student	10	1	−	−	10	1
Retired	74	10	1	3	75	9
Part time job	153	20	3	9	156	19
Homemaker	−	−	20	63	20	3
Total	776		32		808
Main drug of abuse
Opium	534	69	19	59	553	69
Crystalline Heroin	180	23	11	34	191	24
Other drugs	60	8	2	6	62	8
Total	774		32		806

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