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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2015 Jul 1;66(11):1149–1154. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400194

Table 3.

Comparison of pain, medical, psychiatric, and substance use disorders across outpatient treatment settings in patients with unintentional opioid overdose death.

Total Pain Specialty Outpatient Primary Care Other Medical Mental Health Substance disorder p-value

(N=1457) (N=40) (N=255) (N=413) (N=311) (N=329) (N=109)

N % N % N % N % N % N % N %

Pain disorders
Acute Pain 350 24 12 30 75 29 87 21 74 24 74 22 28 26 .192
Back or Neck Pain 755 52 35 88 132 52 228 55 167 54 153 47 40 37 <.001

Related medical conditions
Arthritis 761 52 28 70 145 57 193 47 162 52 174 53 59 54 .029
Cardiovascular 814 56 24 60 135 53 253 61 174 56 179 54 49 45 .041
COPD 208 14 6 15 41 16 61 15 36 12 47 14 17 16 .733

Psychiatric Conditions
Major Depression 265 18 12 30 33 13 57 14 42 14 96 29 25 23 <.001
Bipolar Disorder 193 13 5 13 23 9 39 9 37 12 74 22 15 14 <.001
PTSD 323 22 13 33 43 17 68 16 60 19 107 33 32 29 <.001
Other Anxiety Disorder 345 24 12 30 28 11 88 21 74 24 114 35 29 27 <.001
Schizophrenia 101 7 3 8 15 6 20 5 10 3 45 14 8 7 <.001

Substance use disorders
Alcohol 376 26 6 15 53 21 88 21 70 23 95 29 64 59 <.001
Cocaine 155 11 2 5 24 9 26 6 31 10 39 12 33 30 <.001
Cannabis 105 7 2 5 19 7 18 4 16 5 31 9 19 17 <.001
Opioid 291 20 4 10 34 13 63 15 59 19 69 21 62 57 <.001
Benzos/barbiturates 59 4 1 3 3 1 12 3 12 4 12 4 19 17 <.001
Other/Polysub 340 23 6 15 42 16 75 18 63 20 89 27 65 60 <.001