Table 2 Summary characteristics of BC Take-Home Naloxone distribution data from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2020, stratified by gender

Year

 < 0.001

  2017

30,966 (54.2%)

25,497 (44.6%)

692 (1.2%)

57,155 (25.6%)

  2018

30,229 (52.8%)

25,882 (45.2%)

1,133 (2.0%)

57,244 (25.7%)

  2019

24,663 (49.2%)

24,606 (49.1%)

859 (1.7%)

50,128 (22.5%)

  2020

30,565 (52.3%)

25,252 (43.2%)

2,588 (4.4%)

58,405 (26.2%)

Health Region

 < 0.001

  Fraser

36,704 (54.6%)

29,617 (44.1%)

846 (1.3%)

67,167 (30.1%)

  Interior

26,459 (49.8%)

24,992 (47.1%)

1,634 (3.1%)

53,085 (23.8%)

  Island

26,518 (51.4%)

23,334 (45.2%)

1,743 (3.4%)

51,595 (23.1%)

  Northern

8,433 (47.8%)

8,985 (50.9%)

228 (1.3%)

17,646 (7.9%)

  Vancouver Coastal

18,090 (54.8%)

14,084 (42.7%)

818 (2.5%)

32,992 (14.8%)

  Unknown

219 (49.0%)

225 (50.3%)

3 (0.7%)

447 (0.2%)

Kit Collection Reason

 < 0.001

  Not Used^a

67,253 (49.7%)

64,525 (47.6%)

3,647 (2.7%)

135,425 (60.7%)

  Used

49,170 (56.2%)

36,712 (42.0%)

1,625 (1.9%)

87,507 (39.3%)

Age Group

 < 0.001

  Under 19

4,704 (46.0%)

5,216 (51.0%)

309 (3.0%)

10,229 (4.6%)

  19—30

39,079 (52.0%)

34,876 (46.4%)

1,137 (1.5%)

75,092 (33.7%)

  31—60

66,323 (53.5%)

56,130 (45.3%)

1,494 (1.2%)

123,947 (55.6%)

  Over 60

3,950 (55.5%)

3,039 (42.7%)

122 (1.7%)

7,111 (3.2%)

  Unknown

2,367 (36.1%)

1,976 (30.2%)

2,210 (33.7%)

6,553 (2.9%)

Risk of Overdose

 < 0.001

  Not at Risk

19,446 (39.1%)

28,209 (56.7%)

2,081 (4.2%)

49,736 (22.3%)

  At Risk

82,088 (56.7%)

60,054 (41.5%)

2,679 (1.8%)

144,821 (65.0%)

  Unknown

14,889 (52.5%)

12,974 (45.7%)

512 (1.8%)

28,375 (12.7%)