Table 2. Countsa of Causes of Death by General Cause and Opioid Use.
| Specific Cause | Opioid Use | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Any Non-prescribed Opioid Use (n=227) | Opioid Use Only as Prescribed (n=162) | No Opioid Use (n=459) | |
| External | |||
| Accidental poisoning | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Fall | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Suicide | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Legal intervention involving firearm discharge | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Traffic accident | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cancer, Cardiovascular | 4 | 7 | 9 |
| Infectious | |||
| Hepatitis C | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| HIV/AIDS | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Chronic Liver Disease, Otherb | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | 19 | 20 | 16 |
a
Administrative data available for 848 participants for up to 5 years after study enrollment
b
Other includes alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, unspecified cirrhosis of the liver, esophageal obstruction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coagulation defect, schizophrenia, harmful use.