Table 3
Employment and social assistance characteristics of people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016

Table 3
Employment and social assistance characteristics of people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016
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Le tableau montre les résultats de Employment and social assistance characteristics of people who overdosed in British Columbia Total overdose cohort, Non-fatal overdose cohort et Fatal overdose cohort, calculées selon number et percent unités de mesure (figurant comme en-tête de colonne).
	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	100.0	11,843	100.0	1,475	100.0
Cohort that could be linked to employment and social assistance data^{Table 3 Note ‡}	13,184	99.0	11,729	99.0	1,455	98.6
Employment in calendar year of first overdose^{Table 3 Note ‡}
Employed^{Table 3 Note ††}	4,450	33.8	3,925	33.5	525	36.1
Not employed	8,734	66.2	7,804	66.5	930	63.9
Industry of employment in calendar year of first overdose^{Table 3 Note §}
Construction (NAICS 23)	951	21.4	830	21.1	121	23.0
Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services (NAICS 56)	542	12.2	476	12.1	66	12.6
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)	521	11.7	465	11.8	56	10.7
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)	436	9.8	398	10.1	38	7.2
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)	324	7.3	281	7.2	43	8.2
Other industries	1,676	37.7	1,475	37.6	201	38.3
Years employed in the five calendar years prior to first overdose^{Table 3 Note ††}
None	5,397	40.9	4,909	41.9	488	33.5
1	1,377	10.4	1,223	10.4	154	10.6
2	1,295	9.8	1,163	9.9	132	9.1
3	1,161	8.8	1,038	8.8	123	8.5
4	1,265	9.6	1,084	9.2	181	12.4
5	2,689	20.4	2,312	19.7	377	25.9
Receipt of social assistance in calendar year of first overdose^{Table 3 Note ‡}
Not receiving social assistance	6,542	49.6	5,751	49.0	791	54.4
Receiving social assistance	6,642	50.4	5,978	51.0	664	45.6
Years receiving social assistance in the five calendar years prior to first overdose^{Table 3 Note ‡}
None	5,792	43.9	5,193	44.3	599	41.2
1	931	7.1	818	7.0	113	7.8
2	863	6.5	775	6.6	88	6.0
3	848	6.4	745	6.4	103	7.1
4	874	6.6	780	6.7	94	6.5
5	3,876	29.4	3,418	29.1	458	31.5
Note ‡ Cohort members for whom a unique social insurance number could be assigned. One hundred and thirty-four people were not included, since they were not assigned a unique social insurance number (1% of the cohort). Retour à la référence de note ‡ referrer Note †† Defined as earning $500 or more in a calendar year, as per T4. Retour à la référence de note †† referrer Note § Among the employed. Includes cohort members for whom a unique social insurance number could be assigned. One hundred and thirty-four people were not included, since they were not assigned a unique social insurance number (1% of the cohort). Retour à la référence de note § referrer Note: NAICS stands for North American Industry Classification System. Source: Statistics Canada, Statistics Canada British Columbia Opioid Overdose Analytical File.

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Employment and social assistance characteristics of people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016

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