Table 1.
Patients demographics
Sex | Women | Men | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Number of patients | 2754 | 58.75 | 1934 | 41.25 | 4188 | 100 |
Age | ||||||
Mean | 60.01 | 60.17 | 60.07 | |||
Median | 60 | 62 | 61 | |||
Mode | 62 | 71 | 70 | |||
Range | 18–95 | 18–96 | 18–96 | |||
SD | 14.35 | 14.78 | 14.53 | |||
Age group | ||||||
18 to 40 years old | 263 | 9.55 | 227 | 11.74 | 490 | 10.45 |
41 to 50 years old | 367 | 13.33 | 238 | 12.31 | 605 | 12.91 |
51 to 60 years old | 772 | 28.03 | 412 | 21.3 | 1184 | 25.26 |
61 to 80 years old | 1169 | 42.45 | 933 | 48.24 | 2102 | 44.84 |
>81 years old | 183 | 6.64 | 124 | 6.41 | 307 | 6.55 |
Type of opioids | ||||||
Buprenorphine | 76 | 0.89 | 4 | 0.06 | 80 | 0.53 |
Dihydrocodeine | 114 | 1.33 | 38 | 0.59 | 152 | 1.02 |
Fentanyl | 231 | 2.7 | 209 | 3.26 | 440 | 2.94 |
Morphine | 1,069 | 12.5 | 1,158 | 18.06 | 2,227 | 14.88 |
Oxycodone | 259 | 3.03 | 223 | 3.48 | 482 | 3.22 |
Tramadol | 6,802 | 79.55 | 4,779 | 74.54 | 11,581 | 77.54 |
Total prescriptions | 8,551 | 100 | 6,411 | 100 | 14,962 | 100 |