Table 2
Employment and social assistance recipients in the calendar year prior to overdose within the Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Overdose Cohort, by sex and age, 2018 and 2019

Employment and social assistance recipients in the calendar year prior to overdose within the Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Overdose Cohort, by sex and age, 2018 and 2019
	Number – Employed	% ^† – Employed	Number – Received Social Assistance	% ^† – Received Social Assistance
Total	482	38.3	658	52.4
Sex
Female	161	31.9	261	51.8
Male	321	42.7	397	52.8
Age group
24 years or younger	102	56.0	58	31.8
25 to 34	179	47.6	230	61.2
35 to 44	115	39.2	175	59.7
45 to 54	57	29.1	117	59.7
55 to 64	25	17.5	72	50.3
65 years or older	x	x	x	x

suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

Note(s):

† Percent calculated within age or sex group.

Source(s):

Statistics Canada, Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Overdose Cohort, 2018 to 2019 (5361).

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