TABLE 2.

Opioid Prescriptions by Sex, Age, Race/Ethnicity, and Metro/Nonmetro Classification Among Disabled Medicare Part D Beneficiaries Aged 65 or Below in Fee-for-Service Programs, 2014

	No. Beneficiaries	Opioid Users (%)	Long-term Opioid User (%)	≥ 50 MME Daily Dosage (%)	≥ 90 MME Daily Dosage (%)
Male	1,752,132	42	23	14	7
Age 15–24	34,964	17	3	3	1
Age 25–34	197,393	27	9	7	3
Age 35–44	297,000	38	19	12	6
Age 45–54	531,031	46	27	16	9
Age 55–64	691,744	47	27	16	8
Female	1,741,419	56	32	16	8
Age 15–24	23,773	29	5	5	1
Age 25–34	157,672	43	16	10	4
Age 35–44	285,285	53	28	16	8
Age 45–54	513,654	59	36	19	10
Age 55–64	761,035	59	34	17	8
Non-Hispanic white	2,520,886	51	30	17	9
Non-Hispanic black	706,345	47	23	11	5
Hispanic	145,747	40	16	9	4
Asian	43,572	27	9	5	2
American Native	38,050	53	31	16	8
Other	38,951	37	18	11	6
Large central metro	729,133	43	22	13	7
Large fringe metro	672,267	47	26	16	9
Medium metro	761,298	49	27	16	8
Small metro	453,637	51	29	15	8
Micropolitan	506,575	53	31	16	8
Noncore	370,641	56	34	16	8
Total	3,493,551	51	27	15	8

MME indicates morphine milligram equivalent.