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Table 3 Median proportion of OME contained in LSOA grouped by quintiles (2018)

From: Spatial heterogeneity and socioeconomic determinants of opioid prescribing in England between 2015 and 2018

LSOA

  

Quantile feature

High median (%)

Multivariable logit

Employment

  

Least deprived

6.4

1 (ref)

.

11.6

2.46 (2.24–2.7)

.

14.1

5.48 (4.91–6.11)

.

17.1

14.91 (13.08–17.0)

Most deprived

22.1

62.62 (52.8–74.28)

Whites

  

Lowest percentage

3.7

1 (ref)

.

9.4

4.29 (3.75–4.9)

.

14.6

8.59 (7.41–9.97)

.

19.2

15.63 (13.34–18.32)

Highest percentage

24.4

30.15 (25.43–5.73)

Level 4+

  

Lowest percentage

24.2

1 (ref)

.

18.1

0.81 (0.73–0.9)

.

14.8

0.82 (0.73–0.92)

.

9.8

0.59 (0.52–0.67)

Highest percentage

4.4

0.41 (0.35–0.48)

Apprenticeship

  

Lowest percentage

3.2

1 (ref)

.

10.8

1.49 (1.29–1.71)

.

16.6

1.73 (1.48–2.03)

.

19.4

2.09 (1.78–2.47)

Highest percentage

21.2

2.33 (1.96–2.76)

Housing

  

Least deprived

17.4

1 (ref)

.

17.1

0.69 (0.64–0.76)

.

18.0

0.6 (0.54–0.66)

.

14.4

0.37 (0.33–0.41)

Most deprived

4.3

0.18 (0.15–0.21)

Outdoor env.

  

Least deprived

16.7

1 (ref)

.

18.6

1.18 (1.07–1.29)

.

16.2

1.01 (0.91–1.12)

.

14.4

1.08 (0.97–1.21)

Most deprived

5.3

0.62 (0.53–0.72)

  1. Odds ratio and 95% CI provided by the multivariable logistic regression