TABLE 1.

Demographic Characteristics Among Patients Who Abused OxyContin, Patients Who Did Not Abuse OxyContin, and Patients Who Used Opioids But Did Not Abuse OxyContin

	Group
Variable	Subjects Who Abused OxyContin (N=1,208)		Subjects Who Did Not Abuse OxyContin (N=26,405)		Subjects Who Used Opioids But Not OxyContin (N=8,532)
	%		%		%
Gender (male)	69		64		61
Race
White	89		40		41
Black	5		44		39
Other	6		16		20
Marital status
Married	14		15		17
Divorced	20		17		18
Never been married	57		56		52
Ever treated for substance abuse	78		70		81
Drugs ever used
Heroin	48		24		72
Cocaine	77		59		68
Sedatives	67		12		26
Amphetamines	46		13		19
Experienced chronic medical problems	36		35		47
Receiving medication
Medical	22		27		34
Psychiatric	52		29		35
Experienced symptoms of depression during past 30 days	51		30		35
Experienced symptoms of suicide during past 30 days
Considering	13		6		7
Attempted	1		1		2
Employed full time during past 3 years	51		42		37
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)	32	10	36	10	38	10
Number of addiction treatments
Alcohol	2	3	1	3	1	3
Drug	3	4	2	3	3	4
Problem days experienced
Medical	6	11	5	10	7	11
Psychiatric	13	13	7	11	8	12
Addiction Severity Index composite score
Medical	0.22	0.33	0.18	0.31	0.26	0.36
Employment	0.63	0.3	0.72	0.3	0.75	0.29
Alcohol	0.21	0.28	0.21	0.27	0.18	0.26
Drug	0.26	0.14	0.16	0.14	0.23	0.13
Legal	0.20	0.23	0.15	0.2	0.15	0.20
Family	0.25	0.25	0.16	0.21	0.17	0.22
Psychiatric	0.32	0.24	0.18	0.23	0.21	0.24