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Table 3 Characteristics of crack cocaine smokers who use drugs in public stratified by willingness to use a supervised inhalation room (n = 382)

From: Public crack cocaine smoking and willingness to use a supervised inhalation facility: implications for street disorder

 

Willing to use SIRa

Characteristic

Yes n = 271, n (%)

No n = 111, n (%)

Age pre year older

  

   (Median, IQR)c

43 (37-49)

44 (37-48)

Female Gender

  

   Yes

117 (43)

28 (25)

   No

154 (57)

83 (75)

Aboriginal Ancestry

  

   Yes

108 (40)

29 (26)

   No

163 (60)

82 (74)

Limited Access to Private Space e

  

   Yes

230 (85)

86 (77)

   No

41 (15)

25 (23)

Drug Scene Exposure e, f

  

   Yes

157 (58)

49 (44)

   No

114 (42)

62 (56)

Most Drug Use in Public Areas e

  

   Yes

140 (52)

43 (39)

   No

131 (48)

68 (61)

Daily Crack Cocaine Smoking e

  

   Yes

164 (61)

56 (50)

   No

107 (39)

55 (50)

Risky Pipe Sharing e

  

   Yes

38 (14)

3 (3)

   No

233 (86)

108 (97)

Encounters with Police d

  

   Yes

92 (34)

22 (20)

   No

179 (66)

89 (80)

Victim of Violence e

  

   Yes

53 (20)

24 (22)

   No

218 (80)

87 (78)

  1. Note: c IQR = Inter Quartile Range; d Denotes activities or situations referring to previous 6 months; e Denotes activities or situations referring to previous month; f Drug scene exposure was defined as spending an average of 7 or more hours on the street each day in Vancouver's drug use epicenter in the previous six months