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Table 1 Characteristics of opioid-related records compared to all CHIRPP records, 2011–2022

From: A mixed methods study on poisoning and injury-related emergency department visits associated with opioids in Canada, 2011 to 2022: from the Canadian hospitals injury reporting and prevention program

 

Opioid-related records

All CHIRPP records

Incidence of opioid-related records per 1,000 CHIRPP records

n(%)

n(%)

All

8,112 (100%)

1,930,939 (100%)

4.2

Sex#

   

Male

5,216 (64.3%)

1,074,635 (55.7%)

4.9

Female

2,891 (35.6%)

855,960 (44.3%)

3.4

Not specified

5 (0.1%)

344 (0.0%)

14.5

Median age in years[IQR]*

33.3 [19.3]

11.8 [12.9]

Not applicable

Age group (years)#

   

< 1

52 (0.6%)

73,339 (3.8%)

0.7

1–4

265 (3.3%)

408,186 (21.1%)

0.6

5–11

34 (0.4%)

496,379 (25.7%)

0.1

12–17

1,134 (14.0%)

474,259 (24.6%)

2.4

18–24

671 (8.3%)

83,160 (4.3%)

8.1

25–44

4,059 (50.0%)

161,839 (8.4%)

25.1

45–64

1547 (19.1%)

126,359 (6.5%)

12.2

65+

203 (2.5%)

106,601 (5.5%)

1.9

Unknown

147 (1.8%)

817 (0.0%)

179.9

Injury period#

   

2011

63 (0.8%)

95,014 (4.9%)

0.7

2012

64 (0.8%)

132,620 (6.9%)

0.5

2013

83 (1.0%)

141,248 (7.3%)

0.6

2014

99 (1.2%)

144,161 (7.5%)

0.7

2015

111 (1.4%)

144,410 (7.5%)

0.8

2016

113 (1.4%)

151,314 (7.8%)

0.7

2017

323 (4.0%)

167,028 (8.7%)

1.9

2018

807 (9.9%)

189,464 (9.8%)

4.3

2019

1,046 (12.9%)

195,815 (10.1%)

5.3

2020

1,251 (15.4%)

176,784 (9.2%)

7.1

2021

2,642 (32.6%)

219,059 (11.3%)

12.1

2022

1,510 (18.6%)

174,022 (9.0%)

8.7

  1. Note: (1) #P < 0.05 for the distribution difference between opioid-related and all CHIRPP records. (2) *Excludes records with unknown age (nopioid-related=147, nall CHIRPP=817)