Table 2 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 OAT dispensation within two days of release
|  | Total releases N(%) N = 13,380 | No OAT dispensation N(%) N = 10,052 75.1% | OAT dispensation N(%) N = 3,328 24.9% | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stimulant use disorder | ||||
 Yes | 4963 (37.09) | 3750(75.56) | 1213(24.44) | 0.375 |
 No | 8417(62.91) | 6302(74.87) | 2115(25.13) |  |
Sex | ||||
 Female | 1625(12.15) | 1177(72.43) | 448(27.57) | 0.007 |
 Male | 11,755(87.85) | 8875(75.50) | 2880(24.50) |  |
Age | ||||
  < 30 | 5927 (44.30) | 4568(77.07) | 1359(22.93) |  < 0.001 |
 30–39 | 5155(38.53) | 3840(74.49) | 1315(25.51) |  |
 40–49 | 1895(14.16) | 1365(72.03) | 530(27.97) |  |
  >  = 50 | 403(3.01) | 279(69.23) | 124(30.77) |  |
Health Authority | ||||
 Unknown | 253(1.89) | 228(90.12) | 25(9.88) |  < 0.001 |
 Interior | 1608(12.02) | 1133(70.46) | 475(29.54) |  |
 Northern | 824(6.16) | 650(78.88) | 174(21.12) |  |
 Vancouver Coastal | 3089(23.09) | 2339(75.72) | 750(24.28) |  |
 Vancouver Island | 1673(12.50) | 1121(67.01) | 552(32.99) |  |
 Fraser | 5933(44.34) | 4581(77.21) | 1352(22.79) |  |
Mental Illness diagnosis prior to release | ||||
 Yes | 8685 (64.91) | 6394(73.62) | 2291(26.38) |  < 0.001 |
 No | 4695(35.09) | 3658(77.91) | 1037(22.09) |  |
Prior number of incarcerations (only back to 2015) at time of releasea | ||||
 0 | 3969(29.67) | 2988(75.28) | 981(24.72) | 0.4927 |
 1 | 2581(19.29) | 1959(75.90) | 622(24.10) |  |
 2 +  | 6830(51.05) | 5105(74.74) | 1725(25.26) |  |
Year of release | ||||
 2015 | 2533(18.93) | 2086(82.35) | 447(17.75) |  < 0.001 |
 2016 | 3100(23.17) | 2420(78.06) | 680(21.94) |  |
 2017 | 3863(28.87) | 2800(72.48) | 1063(27.52) |  |
 2018 | 3884(29.03) | 2745(70.70) | 1138(29.30) |  |