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Table 1 Group demographics at the time of their index contact

From: The relationship between police contacts for drug use-related crime and future arrests, incarceration, and overdoses: a retrospective observational study highlighting the need to break the vicious cycle

Demographics

Group 1 (N = 52)

Group 2 (N = 263)

p value

Age, years, mean (SD)

30 (9.1)

34.94 (10.5)

 < 0.001

Women, # (%)

18 (34.6)

97 (36.9)

0.875

Race, # (%)

   

White

46 (88.5)

210 (79.9)

0.175

Other

6 (11.5)

53 (20.2)

 

Homeless, # (%)

7 (13.5)

30 (11.4)

0.641

  1. p value: Mann–Whitney U test for continuous variables or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables was used in comparing Group 1 and Group 2 outcomes
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