Research Article
Drug Poisoning Deaths according to Ethnicity in Utah
Table 1
Sex- and age-specific drug-related deaths in Utah according to ethnicity, 2005–2010.
| Demographic | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Rate ratio | 95% CI | Deaths | % | Rate per 100,000 | 95% CI | Deaths | % | Rate per 100,000 | 95% CI |
| Sex | | | | | | | | | | | Male | 1,555 | 58.4 | 22.5 | 21.4–23.6 | 82 | 57.7 | 8.3 | 6.5–10.1 | 2.72 | 2.28–3.40 | Female | 1,106 | 41.6 | 16.0 | 15.0–16.9 | 60 | 42.3 | 6.6 | 4.9–8.2 | 2.44 | 1.88–3.16 | Age | | | | | | | | | | | 0–24 | 353 | 13.3 | 6.0 | 5.4–6.6 | 23 | 16.2 | 2.3 | 1.3–3.2 | 2.64 | 1.73–4.02 | 25–34 | 658 | 24.7 | 30.4 | 28.1–32.8 | 40 | 28.2 | 11.5 | 8.0–15.1 | 2.64 | 1.92–3.63 | 35–44 | 641 | 24.1 | 39.2 | 36.2–42.3 | 40 | 28.2 | 15.5 | 10.7–20.2 | 2.54 | 1.85–3.50 | 45–54 | 691 | 26.0 | 42.4 | 39.2–45.6 | 28 | 19.7 | 17.9 | 11.3–24.6 | 2.37 | 1.62–3.45 | 55+ | 318 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 11.1–13.8 | 11 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 3.3–12.8 | 1.55 | 0.85–2.82 |
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Data source: Utah Department of Health. Note: percentages sum to 100 across rows.
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