Table 1.

Dispensed opioid prescriptions and opioid overdoses among adolescents and young adults, 2008–2019

	Opioid Prescriptions		Opioid Overdoses
	No. of enrollees	Enrollees with dispensed prescription per 100 enrollees	No. of enrollees	Enrollees with overdose per 100,000 enrollees
Age Group
13–18 years  (n = 4,195,455)	524,445	12.5	1,361	32.4
19–25 years  (n = 6,146,070)	949,326	15.4	4,941	80.4
Sex
Female  (n = 4,674,101)	772,593	16.5	2,758	59.0
Male  (n = 4,669,413)	632,711	13.6	3,504	75.0
Region
Northeast  (n = 2,196,100)	300,849	13.7	1,865	84.9
Midwest  (n = 1,433,120)	202,493	14.1	948	66.2
South  (n = 3,704,149)	590,357	15.9	2,145	57.9
West  (n = 2,085,417)	314,950	15.1	1,313	63.0