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. 2023 Jun 1;6(6):e2316276. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.16276

Table 1. Prevalence of Past-Year Opioid Misuse by Age and Cohorta.

Age, y Prevalence, % (95% CI)
2002 Cohort 2005 Cohort 2008 Cohort 2011 Cohort 2014 Cohort
12 2.18 (1.59-2.78) 2.76 (1.94-3.57) 2.68 (1.92-3.44) 2.79 (2.04-3.54) 2.07 (1.46-2.68)
13 4.26 (3.32-5.19) 3.46 (2.68-4.24) 3.30 (2.55-4.06) 3.04 (2.23-3.84) 2.13 (1.49-2.77)
14 6.73 (5.52-7.93) 5.08 (4.08-6.07) 4.21 (3.26-5.16) 4.46 (3.39-5.54) 3.12 (2.04-4.19)
15 6.90 (5.74-8.05) 7.22 (6.08-8.35) 7.60 (6.45-8.75) 6.04 (4.59-7.49) 3.84 (2.93-4.75)
16 10.27 (9.11-11.44) 9.89 (8.73-11.05) 7.47 (5.94-9.01) 6.10 (4.98-7.22) 3.54 (2.67-4.42)
17 10.88 (9.62-12.14) 10.28 (8.89-11.68) 7.41 (6.30-8.53) 6.32 (4.96-7.67) 4.00 (3.06-4.94)
18 11.69 (9.97-13.40) 9.63 (8.34-10.92) 7.33 (5.52-9.14) 5.40 (3.84-6.96) NA
19 12.25 (10.38-14.11) 9.37 (7.72-11.02) 8.61 (7.10-10.13) 4.96 (3.63-6.29) NA
20 11.31 (9.28-13.34) 10.59 (8.94-12.24) 7.17 (5.59-8.75) 5.32 (3.68-6.95) NA
21 8.91 (7.03-10.79) 9.62 (7.55-11.68) 7.65 (5.79-9.51) NA NA

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.

a

Data are from the 2002-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health public-use files. The 2011 cohort included individuals aged 20 years in 2019 and the 2014 cohort included those aged 17 years in 2019, the last year of NSDUH data analyzed.