TABLE 1.
Demographics characteristics of overdose deaths by involved drug (2010‒2017).
| Drug listed contributing to cause of death | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Level |
Buprenorphine (N = 3241) |
Oxycodone (N = 46,244) |
Hydrocodone (N = 26,278) |
Methadone (N = 31,659) |
| Gender | Male, N (%) | 2086 (64.4%) | 26,565 (57.4%) | 13,518 (51.4%) | 19,269 (60.9%) |
| Age | Median (IQR) | 38 (30, 49) | 45 (35, 54) | 48 (38, 56) | 43 (32, 53) |
| Race | White, N (%) | 3059 (94.4%) | 42,605 (92.1%) | 24,192 (92.1%) | 28,664 (90.5%) |
| Black, N (%) | 129 (4.0%) | 2751 (5.9%) | 1532 (5.8%) | 2365 (7.5%) | |
| Native American or Alaskan Native, N (%) | 26 (0.8%) | 560 (1.2%) | 350 (1.3%) | 448 (1.4%) | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander, N (%) | 27 (0.8%) | 328 (0.7%) | 204 (0.8%) | 182 (0.6%) | |
| Most common ICD‐10 underlying cause of death codes a | Unintentional | ||||
| X41, N (%) | 34 (1.0%) | 118 (0.3%) | 74 (0.3%) | 119 (0.4%) | |
| X42, N (%) | 1004 (31.0%) | 15,035 (32.5%) | 6940 (26.4%) | 13,558 (42.8%) | |
| X44, N (%) | 1831 (56.5%) | 21,700 (46.9%) | 12,753 (48.5%) | 13,129 (41.5%) | |
| Self‐harm/suicide | |||||
| X62, N (%) | 12 (0.4%) | 1595 (3.4%) | 835 (3.2%) | 429 (1.4%) | |
| X64, N (%) | 59 (1.8%) | 3045 (6.6%) | 2701 (10.3%) | 658 (2.1%) | |
| Undetermined intent | |||||
| Y12, N (%) | 30 (0.9%) | 1198 (2.6%) | 471 (1.8%) | 1444 (4.6%) | |
| Y14, N (%) | 89 (2.7%) | 1423 (3.1%) | 932 (3.5%) | 849 (2.7%) | |
Abbreviations: ICD‐10, Classification of Diseases; IQR, interquartile range.
a
Underlying cause of deaths codes contributing <1% of deaths for all drugs were not displayed.