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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2010 Jan 19;152(2):85–92. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-152-2-201001190-00006

Table 2. Rates of overdose.

No. of overdoses Person-
years
Overdose rate
(and 95% confidence intervals)
per 100,000 person years

All a Serious b All a Serious b
Total sample 51 40 34362 148
(111-192)
116
(83-155)
Age group (years)
  18-44 15 11 9208 163
(91-255)
119
(60-200)
  45-64 18 14 15219 118
(70-179)
92
(50-146)
  65+ 18 15 9935 181
(107-274)
151
(85-236)
Gender
  Male 21 17 13822 152
(94-223)
123
(72-188)
  Female 30 23 20540 146
(99-203)
112
(71-162)
History of depression diagnosis
  No 25 20 25994 96
(62-137)
77
(47-114)
  Yes 26 20 8368 311
(203-441)
239
(146-354)
History of substance abuse diagnosis
  No 45 35 32541 138
(101-182)
107
(75-146)
  Yes 6 5 1821 329
(121-641)
274
(89-562)
a

Overdose defined as opioid-related overdose death, or non-fatal event defined as definite or probable opioid-related overdose (n=51).

b

Overdose defined as opioid-related overdose death, or serious non-fatal event (n=40).