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Table 2 Indigenous and non-Indigenous alcohol and daily illicit and licit drug use in the past 4 weeks

From: Alcohol and other drug use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men entering prison in New South Wales

Alcohol and daily illicit and licit drug use

Indigenous (N = 40)

non-Indigenous (N = 160)

Chi-square p-value

No consumption

AUDIT 0

7 (17.5 %)

40 (25.0 %)

0.76

Low-risk

AUDIT 1–7

11 (27.5 %)

36 (22.5 %)

Harmful/hazardous

AUDIT 8–19

13 (32.5 %)

48 (30.0 %)

High-risk/dependent

AUDIT 20+

9 (22.5 %)

36 (22.5 %)

Nicotine daily (drug) use past 4 weeks

Yes

33 (91.7 %)

117 (77.5 %)

0.06

No

3 (8.3 %)

34 (22.5 %)

Missing

4

9

Cannabis daily (drug) use past 4 weeks

Yes

17 (45.9 %)

55 (36.7 %)

0.05

No

20 (54.1 %)

95 (63.3 %)

Missing

3

10

Heroin daily (drug) use past 4 weeks

Yes

5 (13.2 %)

18 (12.3 %)

0.89

No

33 (86.8 %)

128 (87.7 %)

Missing

2

14

Amphetamine daily (drug) use past 4 weeks

Yes

1 (2.8 %)

24 (16.8 %)

0.03

No

35 (97.2 %)

119 (83.2 %)

Missing

4

7

Prescribed methadone/buprenorphine/naltrexone daily (drug) use past 4 weeks

Yes

3 (8.1 %)

11 (7.4 %)

0.88

No

34 (91.9 %)

138 (92.7 %)

Missing

3

11