| Total | Male | Female |
---|---|---|---|
Signs of heroin overdose | Â | Â | Â |
   Breathing ↑ | 15.8% | 15.4% | 16.7% |
   Breathing ↓ | 26.1% | 26.5% | 25.0% |
   Pulse ↑ | 20.9% | 20.4% | 22.2% |
   Pulse ↓ | 25.2% | 24.1% | 27.8% |
   Pupils ↑ | 23.5% | 17.9% | 36.1% |
Pupils ↓ | 10.7% | 11.7% | 8.3% |
   Body temperature ↑ | 8.1% | 6.2% | 12.5% |
   Body temperature ↓ | 6.8% | 4.9% | 11.1% |
   Loss of consciousness | 51.3% | 43.8% | 68.1% |
   Excited | 7.3% | 7.4% | 6.9% |
   Don't know | 9.4% | 11.1% | 5.5% |
Responding to a victim of overdose | Â | Â | Â |
   Waking him/her up | 22.6% | 13.1% | 44.2%** |
   Pinching an acupuncture point | 21.7% | 25.1% | 46.8%** |
   Cold water | 7.7% | 5.7% | 10.4% |
   Injecting salt water | 56.0% | 47.4% | 75.3%** |
   Calling 120 (emergency) | 34.1% | 34.9% | 32.5% |
   Drinking water | 3.2% | 2.3% | 5.2%* |
Naloxone | 6.0% | 7.4% | 2.6% |
Mouth to mouth resuscitation | 12.7% | 9.7% | 32.5%* |
Waking up on his/her own | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1.3% |
Don't know | 3.6% | 4.0% | 2.6% |
Injecting salt water is effective to prevent overdose | Â | Â | Â |
   Yes | 63.4% | 60.7% | 69.7% |
   No | 8.8% | 10.4% | 5.3% |
   Don't know | 27.8% | 28.9% | 25.0% |
Naloxone is effective to prevent overdose | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 28.2% | 32.2% | 19.5%* |
No | 8.1% | 7.6% | 9.1% |
Don't know | 63.7% | 60.2% | 71.4% |
Having learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 17.6% | 19.6% | 12.9% |
No | 82.4% | 80.4% | 87.1% |
Causes of overdose | Â | Â | Â |
   After drinking heavily | 21.9% | 19.0% | 27.8% |
   Poly-drug use | 14.6% | 12.5% | 19.0% |
   Abstinence | 26.7% | 17.3% | 46.8%** |
   Good quality of heroin | 76.1% | 73.8% | 81.0% |
   Unknown substance in heroin | 18.2% | 14.3% | 26.6%* |
   Don't know | 4.5% | 5.4% | 2.5% |
How did participants obtain information about heroin overdose? | Â | Â | Â |
   Friends | 63.1% | 56.1% | 78.2%** |
   Brochures | 23.7% | 22.8% | 25.6% |
   Media | 24.5% | 28.1% | 16.7% |
   Training programs | 3.6% | 5.3% | 0 |
   Don't know | 4.8% | 5.8% | 2.6%* |