Table 2 Health, treatment and drug-use characteristics according to cause of death
From: Understanding drug-related mortality in released prisoners: a review of national coronial records
|  | Accidental drug-related (n = 175) (%) | All other causes (n = 213) (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
General health condition | 45 (25.7) | 53 (24.9) | 0.795 |
Mental health condition | 51 (29.1) | 111 (52.1) | <0.001 |
Recorded risk of self-harm | 9 (5.1) | 58 (27.2) | <0.001 |
Health service use (around time of death) | 30 (17.1) | 42 (19.7) | 0.502 |
 General health | 16 (9.1) | 25 (11.7) | 0.601 |
 Mental health | 17 (9.7) | 19 (8.8) | 0.339 |
 Alcohol and other drug | 28 (16.0) | 22 (10.2) | 0.101 |
 Welfare | 21 (12.0) | 21 (9.8) | 0.539 |
Drug overdose (ever) | 17 (9.7) | 10 (4.7) | 0.031 |
Injecting drug use (around time of death) | 134 (76.6) | 31 (14.4) | <0.001 |
History of heroin use | 84 (48.0) | 38 (17.7) | <0.001 |
Opiate substitution treatment (around time of death) | 11 (6.3) | 10 (4.7) | 0.491 |
Record of drug withdrawal/detox in previous 6 months | 27 (15.4) | 8 (3.7) | <0.001 |