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TABLE 7. Use <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> inhalants, Colombia, 1992: Estimated incidence rate<br />

per 10,000 pers<strong>on</strong>-years.<br />

SEX<br />

Men 62<br />

Women 68<br />

EDUCATION<br />

Illiterate 17<br />

Primary school 63<br />

High school 91<br />

University 7<br />

MAIN OCCUPATION<br />

Not working 286<br />

Home 48<br />

Working 35<br />

Student 163<br />

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS<br />

Low 74<br />

Middle 64<br />

High 28<br />

URBANIZATION<br />

up to 2,500 53<br />

2,500-99,999 76<br />

100,000-499,999 54<br />

Incidence Incidence rate<br />

rate adjusted by age<br />

Odds ratio +<br />

64 1.0<br />

73 1.1<br />

29 2.4<br />

64 5.3<br />

82 6.8*<br />

12 1.0*<br />

401# 8.0<br />

70# 1.4<br />

51# 1.0<br />

50# 1.0<br />

72 2.5<br />

66 2.3<br />

29 1.0<br />

54 1.0<br />

68 1.3<br />

62 1.1<br />

500.000 and more 75<br />

81 1.5<br />

KEY: + = odds ratio, adjusted rates; * = significant difference;<br />

# = adjusted by age and sex.<br />

Percentage <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Current and New <str<strong>on</strong>g>Inhalant</str<strong>on</strong>g> Users<br />

In order to address treatment and preventi<strong>on</strong> needs, special analyses were<br />

performed <strong>on</strong> data for pers<strong>on</strong>s who were current or new inhalant users. A<br />

86

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