Table 1
Demographic characteristics of people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016

Table 1
Demographic characteristics of people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Demographic characteristics of people who overdosed in British Columbia Total overdose cohort, Non-fatal overdose cohort and Fatal overdose cohort, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
	Total overdose cohort		Non-fatal overdose cohort		Fatal overdose cohort
Statistics Canada British Columbia Opioid Overdose Analytical File, total members	13,318	100	11,843	100	1,475	100
Sex
Male	8,682	65.2	7,515	63.5	1,167	79.1
Female	4,626	34.8	4,318	36.5	308	20.9
Not available	10	0.1	10	0.1	0	0.0
Age group
Mean (standard error)	42 (.14)	Note ...: not applicable	42 (.15)	Note ...: not applicable	40 (.32)	Note ...: not applicable
0 to 14 years	71	0.5	71	0.6	0	0.0
15 to 19 years	511	3.8	473	4.0	38	2.6
20 to 29 years	3,092	23.2	2,778	23.5	314	21.3
30 to 39 years	3,180	23.9	2,780	23.5	400	27.1
40 to 49 years	2,490	18.7	2,154	18.2	336	22.8
50 to 59 years	2,196	16.5	1,885	15.9	311	21.1
60 years and older	1,778	13.3	1,702	14.4	76	5.2
Number of overdose episodes per person
1	10,389	78.0	9,158	77.3	1,231	83.5
2	1,706	12.8	1,544	13.0	162	11.0
3	587	4.4	540	4.6	47	3.2
4	270	2.0	253	2.1	17	1.2
5	143	1.1	134	1.1	9	0.6
6 or more^{Table 1 Note ‡}	223	1.7	214	1.8	9	0.6
... not applicable Note ‡ Upper limit was 30 overdose episodes Return to note ‡ referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Statistics Canada British Columbia Opioid Overdose Analytical File.

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