Table 5
Contacts with police among people who overdosed in British Columbia, Canada, January 1, 2014, through to December 31, 2016


Table 5
Contacts with police among 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 police among people who overdosed in British Columbia Total overdose cohort, Non-fatal overdose cohort and Fatal overdose cohort, calculated using number and percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Total overdose cohort Non-fatal overdose cohort Fatal overdose cohort
number percentage number percentage number percentage
Statistics Canada British Columbia Opioid Overdose Analytical File, total members 13,318 100 11,843 100 1,475 100
Number of formal contacts with police in the two years prior to first overdose
None 8,148 61.2 7,246 61.2 902 61.2
1 1,744 13.1 1,515 12.8 229 15.5
2 845 6.3 750 6.3 95 6.4
3 or more 2,581 19.4 2,332 19.7 249 16.9
Selected reasons for formal contact with police in the two years prior to first overdoseTable 5 Note ‡ (frequency distribution of given type of violation)
Total 23,582 100.0 21,377 100.0 2,205 100.0
Shoplifting $5,000 or under 3,892 16.5 3,566 16.7 326 14.8
Disturbing the peace 2,562 10.9 2,363 11.1 199 9.0
Failure to comply with order 2,042 8.7 1,839 8.6 203 9.2
Breach of probation 1,656 7.0 1,491 7.0 165 7.5
Assault—level 1 1,434 6.1 1,274 6.0 160 7.3
Mischief 930 3.9 847 4.0 83 3.8
Breaking and entering 875 3.7 804 3.8 71 3.2
Possession—cannabis 837 3.5 752 3.5 85 3.9
Theft $5,000 or under 709 3.0 649 3.0 60 2.7
Cumulative % for days between most recent priorTable 5 Note †† formal contact with police and index overdose 5,170 100.0 4,597 100.0 573 100.0
0 to 29 days 1,256 24.3 1,168 25.4 88 15.4
30 to 90 days 948 42.6 857 44.1 91 31.2
91 to 182 days 852 59.1 749 60.3 103 49.2
183 to 364 days 988 78.2 854 78.9 134 72.6
365 to 547 days 656 90.9 566 91.2 90 88.3
548 to 730 days 470 100.0 403 100.0 67 100.0
Note ‡

Frequency of given type of violation among members of the Statistics Canada British Columbia Opioid Overdose Analytical File, in the two years prior to a person's first overdose from January 1, 2014 through to December 31, 2016.

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Note ††

Within two years prior to date of index (first) overdose from January 1, 2014 through to December 31, 2016.

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

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