Table 3 Characteristics of adult opioid users admitted to drug and medical services: NYC, 2006

Opioid users^a

N (%)

Total individuals entering drug services^b

N (%)

Opioid users in drug services population^b

(%)

Opioid users in NYC(county) population^c

(Rate/100,000)

Opioid users^a

N (%)

Total individuals admitted to ER

N (%)

Opioid users in ER population

(%)

Opioid users in NYC(county) population^c

(Rate/100,000)

Opioid users^a

N (%)

Total individuals admitted to hospital^b

N (%)

Opioid users in hospital population^b

(%)

Opioid users in NYC(county) population^c

(Rate/100,000)

Total

26,938 (100.0)

80,768 (100.0)

33.4

429

7,856 (100.0)

1,129,68 (100.0)

0.70

125

24,924 (100.0)

615,663 (100.0)

4.05

397

Age (years)

 Mean

41

40

41

42

44

52

 SD

9.5

11.0

10.1

17.3

10.6

20.9

 Median

40

40

41

39

44

51

 Range

18-76+

18-76+

18-116

18-124

18-99

18-116

Sex

 Male

20,281

61,065

33.2

323

5,649

484,228

1.17

90

17,502

233,786

7.48

279

(75.3)

(75.6)

(71.9)

(42.9)

(70.2)

(38.0)

 Female

6,657

19,703

33.8

106

2,207

645,353

0.34

35

7,422

1.94

118

(24.7)

(24.4)

(28.1)

(57.1)

(29.8)

(62.0)

County of Residence

 New York

6,917

21,501

32.2

517

2,068

222,181

0.93

155

6,439

122,459

5.26

482

(25.7)

(26.6)

(26.3)

(19.7)

(25.8)

(19.9)

 Queens

3,607

13,328

27.1

206

795

246,088

0.32

45

3,066

145,271

2.11

175

(13.4)

(16.5)

(10.1)

(21.8)

(12.3)

(23.6)

 Kings

7,085

21,288

33.3

382

2,253

333,495

0.68

121

6,544

190,454

3.44

353

(26.3)

(26.4)

(28.7)

(29.5)

(26.3)

(30.9)

 Bronx

8,172

20,500

39.9

841

2,548

268,925

0.95

262

7,953

121,770

6.53

819

(30.3)

(25.4)

(32.4)

(23.8)

(31.9)

(19.8)

 Richmond

1,157

4,151

27.9

319

192

58,919

0.33

53

922

35,709

2.58

254

(4.3)

(5.1)

(2.4)

(5.2)

(3.7)

(5.8)