Table 4
Contacts with the health care system in the year prior to first overdose for people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016

Table 4
Contacts with the health care system in the year prior to first overdose for people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Contacts with the health care system in the year prior to first overdose for 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
Number of acute-care hospitalizations (any cause) in the year prior to first overdose
None	9,424	70.8	8,340	70.4	1,084	73.5
1	2,005	15.1	1,776	15.0	229	15.5
2	855	6.4	773	6.5	82	5.6
3 or more	1,034	7.8	954	8.1	80	5.4
Main reason for hospitalization in the year prior to first overdose, for people who were hospitalized^{Table 4 Note ‡}
Opioid poisoning	27	0.7	21	0.6	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Substance use-related conditions	1,034	26.6	940	26.8	94	24.0
Mental health-related conditions (other than substance use)	814	20.9	199	20.8	17	21.5
Injuries and poisonings (other than opioid)	803	20.6	194	20.4	18	23.0
Number of visits to emergency departments in the year prior to first overdose (for any reason)
None	5,055	38.0	4,416	37.3	639	43.3
1	2,414	18.1	2,121	17.9	293	19.9
2	1,538	11.5	1,382	11.7	156	10.6
3 or more	4,311	32.4	3,924	33.1	387	26.2
Reasons for visits to emergency departments in the year prior to first overdose, for people with at least one visit to an emergency department^{Table 4 Note ††}
Opioid poisoning	98	1.2	83	0.7	15	1.0
Substance use-related mental health conditions	1,415	17.1	1,292	10.9	123	8.3
Mental health-related conditions (other than substance use)	1,293	15.6	1,190	10.0	103	7.0
Injuries and poisonings (other than opioid)	3,076	37.2	2,767	23.4	309	20.9
Received prescription medication (any type) in the year prior to first overdose
No prescription medications	1,711	12.8	1,489	12.6	222	15.1
Received prescription medication	11,607	87.2	10,354	87.4	1,253	84.9
Receipt of prescription opioids in the year prior to first overdose
No prescription opioids	7,209	54.1	6,310	53.3	900	61.0
Prescription opioids^{Table 4 Note §}	6,109	45.9	5,534	46.7	575	39.0
Opioid agonist treatment	3,080	23.1	2,791	23.6	289	19.6
Pain-related opioids only	3,029	22.7	2,743	23.2	286	19.4
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note ‡ Individuals with more than one acute-care hospitalization could be hospitalized for more than one reason; 29% of cohort members (3,894) were hospitalized at least once in the year prior to first overdose in the observation period. Return to note ‡ referrer Note †† Individuals with more than one visit to an emergency department could could have visited the emergency department for more than one reason; 62% of cohort members (8,263) visited the emergency department at least once in the year prior to first overdose in the observation period. Return to note †† referrer Note § May include individuals receiving both opioid agonist treatment and opioids primarily for pain. Return to note § referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Statistics Canada British Columbia Opioid Overdose Analytical File.

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Contacts with the health care system in the year prior to first overdose for people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016

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