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Table 3 Top five medical reasons for hospitalization among street-involved youth: At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS), Vancouver, British Columbia, 2005–2016 (n=373 participants who contributed 564 study observations)

From: Hospitalization among street-involved youth who use illicit drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a longitudinal analysis

Medical condition

N (%)

Mental illness

213 (37.77)

Physical trauma

72 (12.77)

Drug related

71 (12.59)

Infection related

48 (8.51)

Pregnancy related

35 (6.21)

  1. Based on total number of reports of hospitalization, not number of participants