Table 4.

Cross-cohort comparisons of lifetime and past-year prescription opioid-use disorder

	Birth years		NESARC relative to NLAES OR [95% CI] a
Age	NLAES	NESARC
Lifetime disorder
18–27	1964–1973	1974–1983	1.8 [1.2, 2.9]**
28–37	1954–1963	1964–1973	1.2 [0.8, 1.7]
38–47	1944–1953	1954–1963	2.3 [1.6, 3.3]***
48–57	1934–1943	1944–1953	2.9 [1.7, 5.1]***
Past–year disorder
18–27	1964–1973	1974–1983	2.0 [1.0, 3.9]*
28–37	1954–1963	1964–1973	3.6 [1.5, 8.4]**
38–47	1944–1953	1954–1963	3.8 [1.7, 8.5]**
48–57	1934–1943	1944–1953	3.5 [1.2, 10.1]*

Notes: NLAES = National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey; NESARC = National Epidemiologic Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

^aOdds ratio for NESARC relative to NLAES; corresponds to odds ratio for birth years included in NESARC age group (third column), relative to the preceding birth cohort, which is represented in the NLAES (second column).

^*p <.05;

^**p <.01;

^***p < .001.