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Table 1 Demographic and Drug Use Characteristics Among Overdose Decedents Identified using SPOT: New York City, 2018

From: Predicting accidental drug overdose as the cause of fatality in near real-time using the Suspected Potential Overdose Tracker (SPOT): public health implications

Characteristic

Confirmed OD (n = 29)

n (%)

Ranking 1 (n = 200)

n (%)

Ranking 2 (n = 556)

n (%)

Ranking 3 (n = 627)

n (%)

Age

    

mean, st. dev

51, 10.4

42, 13.8

46, 13.3

49, 11.1

Gender

 Male

18 (62)

139 (70)

455 (82)

476 (76)

 Female

11 (38)

61 (31)

101 (18)

151 (24)

Race/Ethnicity (n, %)

 White

9 (31)

70 (36)

253 (46)

165 (27)

 Black/African American

14 (48)

45 (23)

116 (21)

231 (37)

 Hispanic/Latino

6 (21)

70 (36)

161 (29)

207 (33)

 Asian/Pacific Islander

-

8 (4)

12 (2)

12 (2)

 Other/Unknown

-

-

-

7 (1)

Drug Use Historya

 Any

27 (93)

168 (84)

434 (78)

595 (95)

 Alcohol

9 (31)

33 (17)

125 (22)

209 (33)

 Marijuana

-

12 (6)

53 (10)

63 (10)

 Phencyclidine (PCP)

-

-

-

7 (1)

 Heroin

11 (38)

54 (27)

146 (26)

123 (20)

 Cocaine

14 (48)

41 (21)

72 (13)

135 (22)

 Crack

-

16 (8)

61 (11)

72 (11)

 Oxycodone

-

-

24 (4)

15 (2)

 Hydrocodone

-

-

-

-

 Alprazolam

-

-

19 (3)

11 (2)

 Benzodiazepine or Zolpidem

-

-

15 (3)

14 (2)

 Methamphetamine

-

12 (6)

8 (1)

11 (2)

 Methadone

-

-

-

-

 Opiate NOS

-

12 (6)

46 (8)

60 (10)

 Prescription Opioid

-

8 (4)

49 (9)

47 (8)

History of Intravenous Drug Usea

 Yes

-

38 (19)

62 (11)

66 (11)

  1. OD   Overdose, NOS  Not otherwise specified
  2. Values of n ≤ 5 were suppressed for confidentiality
  3. aDrug use history is likely significantly under reported because use of substances not mentioned in the case file are unknown