Table 4.

Dispensing of prescription opioids across the years in four age-groups

	Variable	Age-group
Year		0–19	20–44	45–64	65+
2013	Population (‘00,000)	19.58	27.38	19.26	11.68
	Person used prescription opioids (‘00,000)	0.35	3.87	4.54	5.25
	Proportion used prescription opioids (%)	1.78	14.13	23.57	44.95
	Amount of prescription opioids used (DDD)	0.31	8.02	26.23	42.83
2014	Population (‘00,000)	19.77	27.73	19.46	12.06
	Person used prescription opioids (‘00,000)	0.37	4.01	4.77	5.58
	Proportion used prescription opioids (%)	1.78	14.46	24.51	46.26
	Amount of prescription opioids used (DDD)	0.33	7.89	26.30	43.05
2015	Population (‘00,000)	19.95	28.09	19.67	12.43
	Person used prescription opioids (‘00,000)	0.37	4.17	4.90	5.75
	Proportion used prescription opioids (%)	1.85	14.84	24.91	46.26
	Amount of prescription opioids used (DDD)	0.31	7.51	25.88	42.45