Table 1 Characteristics of clients whose principal drug of concern was amphetamine
From: Increased demand for amphetamine treatment in rural Australia
Period | 2006/2007 | 2010/2011 | 2015/2016 |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of episodes | 412 | 257 | 904 |
Sex | |||
Male (%) | 69.7a | 74.7b | 64.8a |
Female (%) | 30.3b | 25.3a | 35.2b |
Age | |||
> 15 and ≤ 30 (%) | 63.3b | 46.3a | 49.7a |
> 30 and ≤ 45 (%) | 35.0a | 48.6a | 46.2a |
> 45 and ≤ 60 (%) | 1.7a | 5.1ab | 4.1b |
Indigenous | |||
Yes (%) | 29.4a | 26.5a | 40.0b |
No (%) | 68.9b | 72.4b | 60.0a |
Living arrangement | |||
Alone (%) | 32.5 | 25.3 | 28.2 |
With parents or friends or relatives (%) | 38.3a | 49.4b | 43.4b |
With spouse/partner and/or child(ren) (%) | 23.8 | 24.1 | 18.0 |
Unknown/others (%) | 5.3b | 1.2a | 10.4c |
Usual accommodation | |||
Owned or rented (%) | 77.9a | 89.1b | 79.3a |
Temporary accommodation or homeless (%) | 20.9b | 10.1a | 11.2a |
Unknown/others (%) | 1.2a | 0.8a | 9.5b |
Source of referral | |||
Self (%) | 30.1a | 42.8b | 50.8b |
Legal (%) | 24.3 | 24.9 | 22.8 |
Health care (%) | 13.6b | 14.8b | 6.6a |
Other AOD (%) | 19.4b | 10.9a | 10.3a |
Others (%) | 12.6b | 6.6a | 9.5ab |
Source of income | |||
Not through employment (%) | 91.7b | 89.1ab | 84.6a |
Through employment (%) | 6.1 | 6.6 | 3.4 |
No income (%) | 1.0a | 3.9a | 4.8b |
Unknown (%) | 1.2a | 0.4a | 7.2b |