Table 2.
Prevalence of POUD by Sociodemographic Characteristics Within and Across Prescription Opioid Misuse Status Among US Adults With Past-Year Use of Prescription Opioids
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Adults reporting Rx opioid misuse n = 1,556 wtd % (95% CI) | Adults reporting Rx opioiduse without misuse n = 9,534 wtd % (95% CI) | Prevalence ratioa (95% CI) |
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| Overall | 22.0 (18.6–25.8) | 4.9 (4.2–5.7) | 4.5 (3.6–5.6) |
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| Age | |||
| 18–29 y | 23.4 (18.0–29.8) | 3.2 (2.1–4.9) | 7.3 (4.4–12.1) |
| 30–49 y | 22.3 (18.2–27.1) | 4.9 (4.2–5.7) | 4.6 (3.5–5.8) |
| ≥50 yb | 20.9 (14.6–29.0) | 5.3 (4.3–6.7) | 3.9 (2.6–5.9) |
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| Sex | |||
| Male | 21.6 (16.3–28.1) | 5.1 (4.1–6.4) | 4.2 (3.0–6.0) |
| Femaleb | 22.4 (18.5–26.9) | 4.7 (3.9–5.8) | 4.7 (3.6–6.2) |
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| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 28.7 (19.1–40.6) | 5.0 (3.4–7.4) | 5.7 (3.3–10.1) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 29.9 (19.9–42.3) | 5.0 (3.5–7.1) | 6.0 (3.7–9.8) |
| Non-Hispanic other | 19.5(9.8–35.3) | 3.7 (2.3–5.9) | 5.3 (3.0–9.4) |
| Non-Hispanic whiteb | 18.9 (15.1–23.3) | 5.0 (4.1–6.1) | 3.8 (2.8–5.1) |
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| Education | |||
| <High school | 31.4(20.8–44.2) | 5.1 (3.5–7.3) | 6.1 (3.7–10.1) |
| High school | 27.7 (19.6–37.6) | 5.5 (4.1–7.3) | 5.1 (3.1–8.3) |
| Some college/associate degree | 17.8 (12.1–25.3) | 5.3 (4.1–7.0) | 3.3 (2.2–5.0) |
| College graduateb | 12.3 (7.9–18.8) | 3.7 (2.5–5.3) | 3.3 (2.0–5.6) |
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| Health insurance | |||
| Private onlyb | 15.5 (11.4–20.6) | 3.1 (2.2–4.3) | 5.0 (3.1–8.1) |
| Uninsured | 15.3 (9.8–23.2) | 5.2 (2.8–9.4) | 2.9 (1.4–6.2) |
| Medicaid | 37.4 (29.2–46.3) | 7.3 (5.7–9.4) | 5.1 (3.7–7.1) |
| Other | 13.6 (9.0–20.2) | 5.5 (4.0–7.4) | 2.5 (1.5–4.1) |
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| Marital status | |||
| Marriedb | 13.0 (9.2–18.0) | 4.6 (3.5–5.9) | 2.8 (1.9–4.2) |
| Widowed | 21.3 (7.8–46.3) | 7.1 (4.1–12.2) | 3.0 (1.1–8.1) |
| Divorced/separated | 29.1 (18.8–42.0) | 5.3 (3.8–7.3) | 5.5 (3.2–9.4) |
| Never married | 26.1 (21.5–31.4) | 4.7 (3.3–6.5) | 5.6 (3.8–8.2) |
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| Employment status | |||
| Full-timeb | 17.0 (13.4–21.4) | 2.9 (2.1–3.9) | 5.9 (4.0–8.8) |
| Part-time | 23.2 (14.7–34.5) | 4.8 (2.9–7.6) | 4.9 (2.6–9.1) |
| Unemployed | 26.6 (16.7–39.5) | 5.3 (3.2–8.7) | 5.0 (2.5–10.1) |
| Disabled | 36.2 (23.7–50.9) | 13.8 (10.1–18.5) | 2.6 (1.5–4.6) |
| Other | 20.5 (13.9–29.2) | 4.4 (3.3–6.0) | 4.6 (2.8–7.6) |
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| Family income | |||
| <$20,000 | 33.3 (25.0–42.8) | 7.6 (5.7–10.0) | 4.4 (2.9–6.7) |
| $20,000–$49,999 | 22.6 (17.5–28.8) | 4.4 (3.4–5.8) | 5.1 (3.6–7.3) |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 18.8 (10.1–32.3) | 6.2 (3.9–9.6) | 3.0 (1.4–6.6) |
| ≥$75,000b | 12.1 (8.1–17.9) | 3.3 (2.4–4.5) | 3.7 (2.2–6.2) |
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| Metropolitan statistical area | |||
| Largeb | 22.3 (17.3–28.1) | 4.6 (3.7–5.7) | 4.9 (3.5–6.8) |
| Small | 25.5 (17.8–35.1) | 6.1 (4.3–8.5) | 4.2 (2.7–6.6) |
| Nonmetropolitan | 20.0 (14.9–26.3) | 4.9 (3.8–6.2) | 4.1 (2.8–6.0) |
a
For each prevalence ratio, the reference group is the group of adults reporting Rx opioid use without misuse.
b
Within each group, bolded estimates were statistically significantly different from the corresponding estimate from the reference group (reference groups indicated with superscript b) (P < .05).
Abbreviations: Rx = prescription, wtd = weighted.