Text reads: "Fatal drug overdoses more common among lower-income and unemployed Canadians: IWH study." An arrow indicates to click through to the next image.
Text reads: "Compared to those with the highest income, overdose deaths among those with the lowest income were 7 times higher for women and five times higher for men." A bar graph shows overdose rates for men and women along 5 groups of income from lowest to highest. It depicts the rate of overdose deaths, by income, per 100,000 people over a year. The bars are highest for the lowest income group, and decline on a gradient to the highest income group.
Text reads: "Compared to those working full-time hours, overdose deaths among those wo were unemployed were 6 times higher for women and four times higher for men." A bar graph shows overdose rates for men and women along 5 groups of employment: not in the labor force, unemployed, part-time, full-time, and long hours (over 48 per week). It depicts the rate of overdose deaths, by income, per 100,000 people over a year. The bars are highest for those not in the labor force, and decline on a gradient to the those with full-time hours.
Text reads: "Compared to those working full-time hours, overdose deaths among those wo were out of the labor force were 10 times higher for women and six times higher for men." A bar graph shows overdose rates for men and women along 5 groups of employment: not in the labor force, unemployed, part-time, full-time, and long hours (over 48 per week). It depicts the rate of overdose deaths, by income, per 100,000 people over a year. The bars are highest for those not in the labor force, and decline on a gradient to the those with full-time hours.
A new IWH study looked at how sociodemographic factors measured by the Canadian census were linked with drug #overdose deaths. The researchers found that deaths were highest among those with the lowest income, and those who were not working or #unemployed.
Read about the study: buff.ly/JEIrqt3
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