Table 1.
Deaths among all people who died of an opioid-related overdose, the matched population, and unmatched population, by demographic characteristics, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 2008-2014a
| Demographic Characteristics | All | Matched Populationb | Unmatched Populationb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % (95% CI) | No. | % (95% CI) | No. | % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 1399 | 100 | 957 | 100 | 442 | 100 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 1250 | 89.3 (87.7-90.9) | 851 | 88.9 (86.8-90.8) | 399 | 90.3 (87.2-92.8) |
| Black | 141 | 10.1 (8.6-11.7) | 100 | 10.4 (8.6-12.5) | 41 | 9.3 (6.8-12.3) |
| Hispanic | 3 | 0.2 (0.1-0.6) | 2 | 0.2 (0-0.7) | 1 | 0.2 (0-1.1) |
| Asian | 4 | 0.3 (0.1-0.7) | 3 | 0.3 (0.1-0.9) | 1 | 0.2 (0-1.1) |
| Other | 1 | <0.1 | 1 | 0.1 (0-0.5) | 0 | 0 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 952 | 68.0 (65.6-70.5) | 664 | 69.4 (66.4-72.2) | 288 | 65.2 (60.6-69.5) |
| Female | 447 | 32.0 (29.4-34.4) | 293 | 30.6 (27.8-33.6) | 154 | 34.8 (30.5-39.4) |
| Age, y | ||||||
| 0-4 | 1 | <0.1 | 1 | 0.1 (0-0.5) | 0 | 0 |
| 5-9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10-14 | 6 | 0.4 (0.2-0.9) | 4 | 0.4 (0.1-1.0) | 2 | 0.5 (0.1-1.5) |
| 15-19 | 54 | 3.9 (2.9-5.0) | 36 | 3.8 (2.7-5.1) | 18 | 4.1 (2.5-6.2) |
| 20-24 | 148 | 10.6 (9.0-12.3) | 98 | 10.2 (8.4-12.3) | 50 | 11.3 (8.6-14.6) |
| 25-34 | 351 | 25.2 (22.8-27.4) | 232 | 24.2 (21.6-27.0) | 119 | 26.9 (22.9-31.2) |
| 35-44 | 363 | 25.9 (23.7-28.3) | 243 | 25.4 (22.7-28.2) | 120 | 27.1 (23.2-31.4) |
| 45-54 | 362 | 25.9 (23.6-28.2) | 264 | 27.6 (24.8-30.5) | 98 | 22.2 (18.5-26.2) |
| 55-59 | 75 | 5.4 (4.3-6.6) | 55 | 5.7 (4.4-7.4) | 20 | 4.5 (2.9-6.8) |
| 60-64 | 29 | 2.1 (1.4-2.9) | 19 | 2.0 (1.2-3.0) | 10 | 2.3 (1.2-4.0) |
| 65-74 | 8 | 0.6 (0.3-1.1) | 5 | 0.5 (0.2-1.2) | 3 | 0.7 (0.1-0.9) |
| 75-84 | 2 | 0.1 (0-0.5) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 (0-0.7) |
a Allegheny County Medical Examiner autopsy data from 2008-2014 were matched with human services data from Allegheny County Department of Human Services Data Warehouse.9,14
b People who died from an opioid-related overdose and who had a record of an encounter with a public system in the data warehouse composed the matched population, and those who died from an overdose and whose records were not found in the data warehouse composed the unmatched population.