Table 2
Immigrant status and immigration-related characteristics of people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016


Table 2
Immigrant status and immigration-related 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 Immigrant status and immigration-related 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).
Total overdose cohort Non-fatal overdose cohort Fatal overdose cohort
number percent number percent number percent
Statistics Canada British Columbia Opioid Overdose Analytical File, total members 13,318 100 11,843 100 1,475 100
Immigrant status at time of first overdose
Non-immigrant 12,331 92.6 10,942 92.4 1,389 94.2
Immigrants 928 7.0 850 7.2 78 5.3
Family-class immigrants 416 3.1 380 3.2 36 2.4
Economic-class immigrants 261 2.0 239 2.0 22 1.5
Refugees 236 1.8 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Other immigrants 15 0.1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Temporary residents 59 0.4 51 0.4 8 0.5
Years between landing in or entry to Canada and first overdoseTable 2 Note ‡
0 to 4 years 112 11.3 101 11.2 11 12.8
5 to 9 years 129 13.1 119 13.2 10 12.0
10 to 15 years 168 17.0 157 17.4 11 13.0
16 to 20 years 173 17.5 158 17.5 15 17.0
More than 20 years 405 41.0 366 40.6 39 45.0
World region of birthTable 2 Note ‡
Southern Asia 290 29.4 259 28.7 31 36.0
Europe 187 18.9 172 19.1 15 17.4
Africa and the Middle East 182 18.4 171 19.0 11 12.8
Oceania and other Asia 132 13.4 117 13.0 15 17.4
South and Central America 84 8.5 78 8.7 6 7.0
Eastern Asia 64 6.5 62 6.9 8 9.3
Other countries 48 4.9 42 4.7 0 0.0
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note ‡

only for immigrants or temporary residents (cohort N=987)

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Source: Statistics Canada, Statistics Canada British Columbia Opioid Overdose Analytical File.

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