Drug Poisoning Deaths according to Ethnicity in Utah

Table 3

Selected problems among drug-related deaths according to ethnicity in Utah, 2005–2010.

	Non-Hispanic				Hispanic				Rate ratio	95% CI
	Deaths	%	Rate per 100,000	95% CI	Deaths	%	Rate per 100,000	95% CI
Current mental health problem	1,374	50.9	9.9	9.4–10.5	53	37.3	2.8	2.0–3.5	3.57	2.71–4.70
Current physical health problem	1,010	37.6	7.3	6.8–7.7	44	31.0	2.3	1.6–3.0	3.16	2.34–4.28
Crisis in past two weeks	635	23.8	4.6	4.2–4.9	33	23.2	1.7	1.1–2.3	2.65	1.87–3.76
Alcohol problem	381	14.3	2.8	2.5–3.0	15	10.6	0.8	0.4–1.2	3.50	2.09–5.86
Recent criminal-legal problem	142	5.2	1.0	0.9–1.2	5	3.5	0.3	0.0–0.5	3.91	1.60–9.55
Job problem	102	3.7	0.7	0.6–0.9	2	1.4	0.1	0.0–0.3	7.03	1.73–28.48
Financial problem	73	2.7	0.5	0.4–0.6	3	2.1	0.2	0.0–0.3	3.35	1.06–10.64

Data source: Utah Department of Health.
Note: percentages reflect the decedents having the selected problem.