Table 1:

Descriptive characteristics of neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid poisoning and nonpoisoning events in 2016, and opioid-related death in 2015

Characteristic	Indicator; no. (%) of cases
	Neonatal abstinence syndrome n = 882	Opioid poisoning			Nonpoisoning event
		Emergency department visit n = 4420	Hospital admission n = 1893	Death n = 730	Emergency department visit n = 7575	Hospital admission n = 3886
Age, yr
≤ 14	–	89 (2.0)	42 (2.2)	1 (0.1)	11 (0.1)	33 (0.8)
15–24	–	701 (15.8)	164 (8.7)	71 (9.7)	1226 (16.2)	445 (11.4)
25–44	–	1898 (42.9)	533 (28.2)	303 (41.5)	4307 (56.8)	1804 (46.4)
45–64	–	1257 (28.4)	721 (38.1)	318 (43.6)	1701 (22.4)	1140 (29.3)
≥ 65	–	475 (10.7)	432 (22.8)	34 (4.6)	325 (4.3)	464 (11.9)
Missing	–	0 (0.0)	1 (0.05)	3 (0.4)	5 (0.1)	0 (0.0)
Sex
Male	–	2461 (55.7)	910 (48.1)	474 (64.9)	4610 (60.8)	1881 (48.4)
Female	–	1958 (44.3)	982 (51.9)	256 (35.1)	2965 (39.1)	2005 (51.6)
Not identified	–	1 (0.02)	1 (0.05)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Income quintile
1 (lowest)	384 (43.5)	1283 (29.0)	562 (29.7)	251 (34.4)	2214 (29.2)	1456 (37.5)
2	176 (20.0)	806 (18.2)	364 (19.2)	148 (20.3)	1381 (18.2)	692 (17.8)
3	135 (15.3)	790 (17.9)	350 (18.5)	109 (14.9)	1653 (21.8)	634 (16.3)
4	103 (11.7)	728 (16.5)	335 (17.7)	102 (14.0)	1021 (13.5)	572 (14.7)
5 (highest)	64 (7.2)	480 (10.8)	208 (11.0)	74 (10.1)	638 (8.4)	384 (9.9)
Undetermined*	20 (2.3)	333 (7.5)	74 (3.9)	46 (6.3)	668 (8.8)	148 (3.8)

^*Owing to missing postal code, invalid postal code or suppressed dissemination area information.