TABLE 1.

Use of prescription opioid analgesics according to age and sex in Canada in 2009

Age group, years	Men	Women	Total
Use of prescription opioid analgesics
15–17	13.9 (5.1–22.7)	14.6 (5.5–23.6)	14.2 (7.9–20.5)
18–24	14.7 (8.4–20.9)	14.7 (9.0–20.5)	14.7 (10.5–18.9)
25–34	18.7 (13.0–24.4)	22.4 (17.0–27.8)	20.6 (16.7–24.5)
35–44	18.1 (13.9–22.3)	18.8 (15.2–22.5)	18.5 (15.7–21.2)
45–54	18.9 (15.2–22.5)	24.2 (20.4–28.1)	21.6 (18.9–24.3)
55–64	23.2 (18.6–27.7)	24.7 (20.9–28.6)	24.0 (21.0–26.9)
≥65	17.0 (13.2–20.8)	16.5 (13.6–19.4)	16.7 (14.4–19.0)
Total	18.3 (16.4–20.1)	20.2 (18.5–21.8)	19.2 (18.0–20.5)
Nonmedical prescription opioid analgesic use
15–17	6.1 (0.0–12.3)	7.2 (0.0–15.3)	6.6 (1.5–11.6)
18–24	4.5 (0.9–8.2)	3.9 (0.6–7.1)	4.2 (1.8–6.6)
25–34	5.6 (2.1–9.1)	7.2 (3.6–10.9)	6.4 (3.9–8.9)
35–44	4.4 (2.1–6.6)	5.1 (2.9–7.3)	4.7 (3.2–6.3)
45–54	3.8 (2.1–5.5)	6.8 (4.2–9.4)	5.3 (3.7–6.9)
55–64	6.3 (3.7–8.9)	4.1 (2.4–5.8)	5.2 (3.6–6.7)
≥65	2.2 (0.8–3.7)	2.6 (1.4–3.7)	2.4 (1.5–3.3)
Total	4.5 (3.5–5.5)	5.1 (4.1–6.1)	4.8 (4.1–5.5)
Use of pain relievers to get high
15–17	2.8 (0.0–7.9)	0.5 (0.0–1.1)	1.7 (0.0–4.6)
18–24	0.2 (0.0–0.5)	1.8 (0.0–4.2)	1.0 (0.0–2.2)
25–34	1.8 (0.0–4.6)	0.7 (0.0–1.9)	1.2 (0.0–2.7)
35–44	0.1 (0.0–0.3)	0.2 (0.0–0.5)	0.2 (0.0–0.3)
45–54	0.1 (0.0–0.3)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.1 (0.0–0.1)
55–64	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)
≥65	0.0 (0.0–0.1)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)
Total	0.5 (0.0–1.0)	0.4 (0.0–0.7)	0.4 (0.1–0.8)

Data presented as % (95% CI)