Table 1. Years of Life Lost Due to Unintentional Opioid Toxicity in the US by Age and Sex, 2019 to 2021.
Age groups, y | 2019, No. | 2020, No. | 2021, No. | |||||||||
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Unintentional opioid-related deaths | Deaths per million | YLL | YLL per 1000 | Unintentional opioid-related deaths | Deaths per million | YLL | YLL per 1000 | Unintentional opioid-related deaths | Deaths per million | YLL | YLL per 1000 | |
Overall | 45 315 | 184.9 | 1 772 030 | 7.2 | 63 946 | 259.9 | 2 521 813 | 10.2 | 75 477 | 302.9 | 2 922 497 | 11.7 |
15-19 | 515 | 24.5 | 31 097 | 1.5 | 1196 | 57.1 | 72 260 | 3.4 | 1371 | 63.6 | 83 193 | 3.9 |
20-29 | 8786 | 194.6 | 468 243 | 10.4 | 12 377 | 276.1 | 660 835 | 14.7 | 13 035 | 296.8 | 695 949 | 15.8 |
30-39 | 13 234 | 299.6 | 596 845 | 13.5 | 18 831 | 421.6 | 848 304 | 19.0 | 21 741 | 478.9 | 979 090 | 21.6 |
40-49 | 9623 | 238.7 | 347 225 | 8.6 | 13 741 | 341.1 | 497 694 | 12.4 | 16 650 | 407.2 | 604 488 | 14.8 |
50-59 | 8811 | 208.0 | 242 351 | 5.7 | 11 768 | 280.2 | 322 987 | 7.7 | 14 581 | 343.3 | 399 710 | 9.4 |
60-74 | 4346 | 83.5 | 86 269 | 1.7 | 6033 | 113.1 | 119 732 | 2.2 | 8099 | 147.5 | 160 068 | 2.9 |
Males | 32 041 | 264.1 | 1 224 382 | 10.1 | 45 852 | 376.4 | 1 765 682 | 14.5 | 53 797 | 433.7 | 2 030 032 | 16.4 |
15-19 | 370 | 34.4 | 21 846 | 2.0 | 879 | 82.2 | 51 957 | 4.9 | 962 | 87.3 | 56 926 | 5.2 |
20-29 | 6388 | 276.9 | 332 428 | 14.4 | 9120 | 398.1 | 475 773 | 20.8 | 9475 | 423.9 | 493 409 | 22.1 |
30-39 | 9442 | 424.6 | 414 342 | 18.6 | 13 628 | 605.5 | 597 869 | 26.6 | 15 685 | 683.8 | 688 162 | 30.0 |
40-49 | 6878 | 344.0 | 241 137 | 12.1 | 9756 | 488.3 | 342 525 | 17.1 | 11 853 | 579.1 | 417 216 | 20.4 |
50-59 | 5947 | 286.9 | 157 236 | 7.6 | 8167 | 397.2 | 215 820 | 10.5 | 10 037 | 476.4 | 264 712 | 12.6 |
60-74 | 3016 | 122.8 | 57 394 | 2.3 | 4302 | 171.0 | 81 738 | 3.2 | 5785 | 220.8 | 109 606 | 4.2 |
Females | 13 274 | 107.3 | 547 648 | 4.4 | 18 094 | 145.6 | 756 130 | 6.1 | 21 680 | 173.3 | 892 466 | 7.1 |
15-19 | 145 | 14.1 | 9251 | 0.9 | 317 | 30.9 | 20 303 | 2.0 | 409 | 38.8 | 26 266 | 2.5 |
20-29 | 2398 | 108.6 | 135 815 | 6.2 | 3257 | 148.6 | 185 062 | 8.4 | 3560 | 165.1 | 202 540 | 9.4 |
30-39 | 3792 | 172.9 | 182 503 | 8.3 | 5203 | 234.8 | 250 435 | 11.3 | 6056 | 269.6 | 290 928 | 13.0 |
40-49 | 2745 | 135.0 | 106 088 | 5.2 | 3985 | 196.3 | 155 169 | 7.6 | 4797 | 235.0 | 187 272 | 9.2 |
50-59 | 2864 | 132.4 | 85 114 | 3.9 | 3601 | 168.0 | 107 167 | 5.0 | 4544 | 212.3 | 134 998 | 6.3 |
60-74 | 1330 | 48.4 | 28 876 | 1.1 | 1731 | 61.4 | 37 994 | 1.3 | 2314 | 80.6 | 50 463 | 1.8 |
Abbreviation: YLL, years of life lost.