Table 1.
Years of life lost due to premature deaths related to opioid overdose in Ontario, 1992, 2001 and 2010
| Age group (years) | 1992 | 2001 | 2010 | P-valueb | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total deaths | Opioid-related deaths | YLL | YLL per 1000 population | Total deaths | Opioid-related deaths | YLL | YLL per 1000 population | Total deaths | Opioid-related deaths | YLL | YLL per 1000 population | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||||||||
| 0–14 | 1 784 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 277 | ≤5a | 145 | 0.13 | 1 287 | ≤5a | 82 | 0.08 | – |
| 15–24 | 984 | 9 (0.9%) | 556 | 0.74 | 687 | 15 (2.2%) | 910 | 1.13 | 674 | 39 (5.8%) | 2 371 | 2.59 | <0.0001 |
| 25–34 | 1 590 | 52 (3.3%) | 2693 | 2.81 | 964 | 53 (5.5%) | 2 769 | 3.25 | 926 | 112 (12.1%) | 5 845 | 6.56 | <0.0001 |
| 35–44 | 2 398 | 55 (2.3%) | 2353 | 2.84 | 2 301 | 107 (4.7%) | 4 598 | 4.48 | 1 868 | 137 (7.3%) | 5 817 | 6.19 | <0.0001 |
| 45–54 | 3 857 | 31 (0.8%) | 1030 | 1.74 | 4 703 | 73 (1.6%) | 2 444 | 2.94 | 5 271 | 168 (3.2%) | 5 733 | 5.46 | <0.0001 |
| 55–64 | 8721 | 10 (0.1%) | 254 | 0.55 | 7 748 | 26 (0.3%) | 684 | 1.25 | 9 696 | 70 (0.7%) | 1 794 | 2.26 | <0.0001 |
| ≥65 | 54 604 | 8 (0.0%) | 119 | 0.19 | 63 781 | 16 (0.0%) | 244 | 0.33 | 70 554 | 23 (0.0%) | 287 | 0.31 | 0.047 |
| Total | 73 938 | 165 (0.2%) | 7006 | 1.34 | 81 461 | 290a (0.4%) | 11 794 | 1.99 | 90 276 | 549a (0.6%) | 21 927 | 3.33 | <0.0001 |
YLL = years of life lost.
a
Cell sizes less than 6 are suppressed due to institutional privacy regulations. Column totals do not include suppressed cell sizes in age group 0–14.
b
P-value for Cochrane–Armitage test for trend in proportion of deaths that are opioid-related.