Correlation of Factors Attributing to Patients with Substance Dependence and Demographic Characteristics in Eldoret town Municipality, Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya

Increase in dependence on substance abuse has been found to be on the increase in patients in the study area. Authors and scholars have for instance pointed the health implications and the socio-economic factors attributing to this increased intake of substance abuse. This paper has further sought to elucidate factors attributing to patients with substance dependence and demographic characteristics in Eldoret Municipality in Uasin-Gishu County. The paper found that there is a correlation between age and availability of the substance abuse, gender and level of substance dependence and additionally, level of income.