From: Injecting drugs alone during an overdose crisis in Vancouver, Canada
Characteristic | Total N (%) (n = 1070) | Injecting alone (%) | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 931) | No (n = 139) | |||
Age (median, IQR) | 46 (36–54) | 46 (37–54) | 45 (35–53) | 0.151d |
Male sex (vs. female) | 649 (60.7) | 580 (62.3) | 69 (49.6) | 0.005 |
Indigenous ancestry (yes vs. no) | 422 (39.4) | 358 (38.5) | 64 (46) | 0.113 |
LGBT(yes vs. no) | 184 (17.2) | 149 (16) | 35 (25.2) | 0.011 |
Stable relationship (yes vs. no) | 365 (34.1) | 284 (31) | 81 (58.3) |  < 0.001 |
Employmenta (yes vs. no) | 256 (23.9) | 217 (23.3) | 39 (28.1) | 0.241 |
Homelessness (yes vs. no) | 257 (24) | 225 (24.2) | 32 (23) | 0.915 |
DTES residencea (yes vs. no) | 735 (68.7) | 645 (69.3) | 90 (64.8) | 0.282 |
Recent incarcerationa (yes vs. no) | 72 (6.7) | 67 (7.2) | 5 (3.6) | 0.145 |
Sex worka (yes vs. no) | 155 (14.5) | 133 (14.3) | 22 (15.8) | 0.605 |
Recent violencea (yes vs. no) | 182 (17) | 158 (17) | 24 (17.3) | 0.904 |
Daily heroin usea (yes vs. no) | 381 (35.6) | 330 (35.5) | 51 (36.7) | 0.776 |
Daily fentanyl usea (yes vs. no) | 25 (2.3) | 23 (2.5) | 2 (1.4) | 0.761 |
Daily cocaine usea (yes vs. no) | 69 (6.5) | 60 (6.4) | 9 (6.5) | 1 |
Daily crack cocaine usea (yes vs. no) | 113 (10.6) | 98 (10.5) | 15 (10.8) | 0.883 |
Daily meth usea (yes vs. no) | 213 (19.9) | 188 (20.2) | 25 (18) | 0.648 |
Binge drug usea (yes vs. no) | 490 (45.8) | 437 (46.9) | 53 (38.1) | 0.055 |
Binge alcohol usea (yes vs. no) | 189 (17.7) | 166 (17.8) | 23 (16.6) | 0.812 |
Drug dealinga (yes vs. no) | 272 (25.4) | 237 (25.5) | 35 (25.2) | 1 |
Weekly OPS/SCS usea (yes vs. no) | 253 (23.6) | 220 (23.6) | 33 (23.7) | 1 |
Non-fatal overdosea (yes vs. no) | 205 (19.2) | 186 (20) | 19 (13.7) | 0.083 |
Depressionb (> = 22 at Baseline vs. < 22) | 646 (60.4) | 572 (61.4) | 74 (53.2) | 0.02 |
PTSDc (≥ 31 vs. < 31) | 303 (28.3) | 279 (30) | 24 (17.3) | 0.013 |