Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients With Prescription Painkillers in National and Massachusetts Samples

Characteristic	National Data	Massachusetts Data
Sample size, No.	216	169
Sex, %
Female	59.2	54.1
Male	40.8	45.9
Age, %
<30 y	17.9	21.4
30–64 y	66.2	63.1
≥65 y	15.8	15.5
Race, %a
White non-Hispanic	66.6	79.9
Black non-Hispanic	11.2	4.4
Hispanic	14.5	10.1
Other	7.8	5.6
Income, %
Low	25.2	29.1
Middle low	30	24.5
Middle high	22.3	19
High	22.5	27.5
Metro area, %b
Urban	52.3	20.9
Rural	25.3	2.5
Suburban	22.4	76.6
Region, %
Northeast	19.4	…
North Central	26.2	…
South	34.9	…
West	19.5	…
Know someone who abused opioids in last 5 years, %
Yes	47.3	41.9
No	52.7	58.1
Discussed risk of addiction with physician, %b
Yes	60.5	36.2
No	39.5	63.8
Saved pills for later, %c
Yes	16.8	29.9
No	83.2	70.1

^aP <.1.

^bP <.001 (groupwise χ² tests between samples).

^cP <.01.