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Table 1 PWIO demographics

From: Hospital admissions among people who inject opioids following syringe services program implementation

 

Pre-index, n = 146; # (%)

Post-index, n = 156; # (%)

p value

Biological sex

  

0.46

 Male

103 (70.6)

103 (66.0)

 

 Female

43 (29.5)

53 (34.0)

 

Race

  

0.64

 White

118 (80.8)

124 (79.5)

 

 Black

27 (18.5)

29 (18.6)

 

 Others

1 (0.30)

3 (1.9)

 

Ethnicity

   

 Hispanic

65 (44.5)

57 (36.5)

0.16

 Non-Hispanic

81 (55.5)

99 (63.5)

 

Age in years

  

0.17

 16–29

22 (15.1)

30 (19.2)

 

 30–39

47 (32.2)

47 (30.1)

 

 40–49

36 (24.7)

48 (30.8)

 

 50–59

30 (20.6)

20 (12.8)

 

 60–65

9 (6.2)

5 (3.2)

 

 65–85

2 (1.4)

6 (3.9)

 

Insurance status

  

0.90

 Uninsured

85 (58.2)

95 (60.9)

 

 Medicaid

31 (21.2)

34 (21.8)

 

 Medicare + Federal

24 (16.4)

21 (13.5)

 

 Private

5 (3.4)

4 (2.6)

 

 Others

1 (0.7)

2 (1.3)

 

Median length of stay

4

2

0.14

Expired during study period

5 (3.4)

4 (2.6)

0.74

PWIO overdose-associated admissions

20 (13.7)

6 (3.9)

0.0034