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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the population by gender

From: Dependence to legally prescribed opioid analgesics in a university hospital in Medellin-Colombia: an observational study

Variable

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Male

N = 30 (%)

Female

N = 30 (%)

Total

N = 60 (%)

P-value

Age

18–60 years old

30 (100)

26 (87)

56 (93)

0.11a

>60 years old

0 (0)

4 (13)

4 (7)

Marital Status

Single, widowers or divorced

14 (47)

15 (50)

29 (48)

0.89b

Married & cohabiting

13 (43)

13 (43)

26 (44)

No data

3 (10)

2 (7)

5 (8)

Origin

Metropolitan Area

18 (60)

15 (50)

33 (55)

0.73b

Outside The Metropolitan Area

6 (20)

7 (23)

13 (22)

No data

6 (20)

8 (27)

14 (23)

Occupation

Employee

19 (63)

23 (77)

42 (70)

0.50b

Unemployed

7 (23)

5 (17)

12 (20)

No data

4 (14)

2 (6)

6 (10)

Education Level

Undergraduate

15 (50)

19 (63)

34 (57)

0.35b

Postgraduate

7 (23)

3 (10)

10 (16)

No data

8 (27)

8 (27)

16 (27)

  1. aP-value by Fisher’s exact test
  2. bP-value by Chi-square test