Table 1 Demographic, geographic, health, and corrections characteristics of people with an opioid use disorder diagnosis released from provincial prisons between Jan 1 2015- Dec 29 2018 (N = 13,380 releases), by stimulant use disorder diagnosis
Total releases N(%) N = 13,380 | Stimulant use disorder diagnosis N(%) N = 4963 | No stimulant use disorder diagnosis N(%) N = 8417 | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
Female | 1625(12.15) | 768(47.26) | 857(52.74) | < 0.001 |
Male | 11,755(87.85) | 4195(35.69) | 7560(64.31) | |
Age | ||||
< 30 | 5927 (44.30) | 2151(36.29) | 3776(63.71) | 0.092 |
30–39 | 5155(38.53) | 1981(38.43) | 3174(61.57) | |
40–49 | 1895(14.16) | 684(36.09) | 1211(63.91) | |
> = 50 | 403(3.01) | 147(36.48) | 256(63.52) | |
Health Authority | ||||
Unknown | 253(1.89) | 5(1.98) | 248(98.02) | < 0.001 |
Interior | 1608(12.02) | 550(34.20) | 1058(65.80) | |
Northern | 824(6.16) | 383(46.48) | 441(53.52) | |
Vancouver Coastal | 3089(23.09) | 1584(51.28) | 1505(48.72) | |
Vancouver Island | 1673(12.50) | 444(26.54) | 1229(73.46) | |
Fraser | 5933(44.34) | 1997(33.66) | 3936(66.34) | |
Mental Illness diagnosis prior to release | ||||
Yes | 8685 (64.91) | 4248(48.91) | 4437(51.09) | < 0.001 |
No | 4695(35.09) | 715(15.23) | 3980(84.77) | |
Prior number of incarcerations (only back to 2015) at time of releasea | ||||
0 | 3969(29.67) | 1111(27.99) | 2858(72.01) | < 0.001 |
1 | 2581(19.29) | 810(31.38) | 1771(68.62) | |
2 + | 6830(51.05) | 3042(44.54) | 3788(55.46) | |
Year of release | ||||
2015 | 2533(18.93) | 834(32.93) | 1699(67.07) | < 0.001 |
2016 | 3100(23.17) | 1094(35.29) | 2006(64.71) | |
2017 | 3863(28.87) | 1442(37.33) | 2421(62.67) | |
2018 | 3884(29.03) | 1593(41.04) | 2291(58.99) | |