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Table 2 Availability of Opioid Use Disorder Best Practices in Jails by Community and Jail Characteristics

From: Availability of best practices for opioid use disorder in jails and related training and resource needs: findings from a national interview study of jails in heavily impacted counties in the U.S.

 

High (n = 83)

Low (n = 102)

Total (n = 185)

Statistics

Community Characteristics

 Census Region:

   

X2(df = 3) = 3.73, p = 0.393

  Northeast

35 (42%)

16 (16%)

51 (28%)

  

  Midwest

17 (21%)

41 (40%)

58 (31%)

  

  South

19 (23%)

43 (42%)

62 (34%)

  

  West

12 (15%)

2 (2%)

14 (8%)

  

 Population Mean

748,391

434,857

575,553

t(df = 184) = 9.18, p = 0.002

  (SD)

(966,485)

(544,702)

(776,912)

 

  [Median]

[469,116]

[220,186]

[268,539]

 Average % of Census Tracts:

   

X2(df = 2) = 0.83, p = 0.660

  Urban

80%

69%

74%

  

  Suburban

15%

21%

19%

  

  Rural

4%

9%

7%

  

 Average % Race/ethnicity (not mutually exclusive)

  Hispanic or Latinx origin

13%

8%

11%

X2(df = 1) = 8.39, p = 0.004

  White non-Hispanic

78%

79%

79%

X2(df = 1) = 1.61, p = 0.205

  Black non-Hispanic

9%

13%

11%

X2(df = 1) = 1.67, p = 0.196

  Average % below the poverty line

12%

14%

13%

X2(df = 1) = 13.60, p < 0.001

Jail Characteristics

 

 Total Jail Admissions Rate Mean

3682

5739

4816

t(df = 184) = 21.75, p < 0.001

  (SD)

(2058)

(3160)

(2902)

 

 Total Jail Population Mean

1334

4890

1089

t(df = 184) = 3.61, p = 0.055

  (SD)

(1868)

(1117)

(1513)

 

Jail/Community Rate Per 100,000 Mean (SD)

 Total Population

296 (151)

347 (163)

324 (160)

t(df = 184) = 5.80, p = 0.016

 Female

86 (62)

108 (79)

98 (72)

t(df = 184) = 4.40, p = 0.036

 Male

512 (284)

591 (283)

555 (285)

t(df = 184) = 5.32, p = 0.021

 Hispanic/Latinx

323 (341)

374 (492)

351 (430)

t(df = 184) = 0.00, p = 0.959

 White non-Hispanic

219 (143)

267 (157)

246 (153)

t(df = 184) = 6.17, p = 0.013

 Black non-Hispanic

1245 (1509)

1137 (826)

1185 (1180)

t(df = 184) = 1.70, p = 0.680

Distance to MOUD Provider (< 10 miles from population center)

 

 Any MOUD Provider

88%

87%

88%

X2(df = 1) = 1.87, p = 0.171

 Buprenorphine Provider

87%

86%

87%

X2(df = 1) = 2.12, p = 0.145

 Methadone Provider

59%

56%

58%

X2(df = 1) = 1.39, p = 0.239

 Naltrexone Provider

78%

76%

77%

X2(df = 1) = 2.79, p = 0.095

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