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Table 1 Sociodemographics of a sample of methadone maintenance treatment patients following a methadone formulation change in British Columbia (n = 405)

From: Patient perspectives of methadone formulation change in British Columbia, Canada: outcomes of a provincial survey

 

Number

Percent

Region (n = 405)

  

 Fraser

40

9.9

 Interior

46

11.4

 Northern

20

4.9

 Vancouver Coastal

232

57.3

 Vancouver Island

67

16.5

Ethnicity (n = 393)

  

 Aboriginal

114

29.0

 Non-Aboriginal

279

71.0

Gender (n = 401)

  

 Female

161

40.2

 Male

237

59.1

 Transsexual

3

0.7

Housing (n = 390)

  

 Stable (housed > =3 months)

305

78.2

 Unstable (<3 months or homeless)

85

21.8

Age in years (n = 403)

Mean (SD)

Range

 

42 (10.3)

19 – 71