Table 3.
Rates of high-risk opioid use.
| High-risk use indicators | Opioid prescriptions overlapped ≥ 7 days | Opioid for acute pain >7 days | Opioid for chronic pain >90 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | 1316 (1268, 1365) | 1128 (1083, 1173) | 1745 (1690, 1802) |
| Male | 908 (880, 937) | 714 (690, 740) | 1257 (1224, 1291) | |
| P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Age | 18–35 years of age | 912 (878, 946) | 786 (755, 818) | 1015 (980, 1051) |
| 36–55 years of age | 1230 (1189, 1271) | 977 (941, 101) | 1880 (1830, 1931) | |
| >55 years of age | 814 (745, 887) | 579 (522, 641) | 1264 (1178, 1355) | |
| P value | <0.05 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
| Race | White NH | 1418 (1376, 1461) | 1142 (1104, 1180) | 1775 (1728, 1823) |
| Black NH | 712 (673, 751) | 591 (556, 627) | 1131 (1083, 1181) | |
| Other NH | 661 (581, 749) | 507 (438, 584) | 893 (799, 994) | |
| Hispanic | 731 (686, 778) | 627 (585, 671) | 1129 (1073, 1188) | |
| P value | <0.001a,b,c | <0.05a,c | <0.001a | |
| Pain diagnoses | With acute pain | 532 (469, 601) | N/A | |
| With chronic pain | 2012 (1942, 2084) | |||
| With acute pain and chronic pain | 3142 (3023, 3265) | |||
| Without acute and chronic pain | 228 (212.7, 243.6) | |||
| P value | <0.001 | |||
NH=non-Hispanic.
Rates are expressed in number of patients per 100,000 people.
a P-value of Black NH vs. Hispanic >0.05.
b P-value of other NH vs. Hispanic >0.05.
c P-value of other NH vs. Black NH >0.05.