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Table 1 Factors associated with an ex-prisoner case being identified by NCIS search

From: Sensitivity of a national coronial database for monitoring unnatural deaths among ex-prisoners in Australia

 

Identified in NCIS search

Unadjusted OR

(95% CI)

Adjusted OR

(95% CI)

 

No (n = 640)

%

Yes (n = 37)

%

  

Age at death < 30 years

23.0

48.7

3.35 (1.71, 6.56)

3.44 (1.65, 7.17)

Non-Indigenous

81.1

83.8

1.21 (0.49, 2.96)

 

> 2 prison admissions

29.7

51.4

2.50 (1.28, 4.87)

2.43 (1.18, 5.02)

Death within 28 days after release

4.1

27.0

8.75 (3.83, 19.96)

7.39 (3.03, 18.04)

Primary cause of death is drug related

18.4

48.7

4.19 (2.13, 8.23)

3.23 (1.56, 6.71)