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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2018 Dec 16;132(4):478–488.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.11.038

Table 3.

Heart Failure Patient Characteristics by Drug Use Disorder Status Stratified by Sex*

Males Cocaine (n = 8740) Cannabis (n = 6115) Opioids (n = 3625) Amphetamine (n = 4150) Psych (n = 125) Other (n = 5765)
Age range, y
 <45 4.9% 6.2% 1.7% 4.4% 0.1% 3.8%
 ≥45–<55 6.4% 4.1% 2.0% 3.2% 0.1% 3.7%
 ≥55–<65 3.3% 1.8% 1.4% 1.1% <0.05% 1.7%
 ≥65–≤75 0.6% 0.4% 0.5% 0.2% <0.05% 0.5%
 >75 <0.05% <0.05% 0.1% None <0.05% 0.2%
Race Crude Adj. Crude Adj. Crude Adj. Crude Adj. Crude Adj. Crude Adj.
 White 0.4% 2.3% 0.6% 4.0% 0.5% 2.6% 0.7% 3.8% <0.05% 0.1% 0.8% 3.3%
 Black 6.3% 5.8% 3.1% 5.8% 1.3% 1.1% 0.5% 0.9% <0.05% <0.05% 2.3% 2.9%
 Hispanic 1.8% 3.9% 1.3% 4.9% 1.1% 3.0% 2.0% 7.4% <0.05% <0.05% 1.4% 3.1%
 Asian/PI 1.0% 4.3% 1.7% 4.6% 0.4% 0.7% 4.2% 12.8% <0.05% <0.05% 1.1% 4.9%
 Native American 1.1% 1.5% 1.4% 3.9% 0.7% 0.4% 2.0% 4.1% <0.05% <0.05% 2.3% 8.2%
 Other 1.8% 3.9% 1.3% 2.1% 1.3% 2.8% 0.7% 2.3% <0.05% 0.5% 1.2% 2.4%
Region
 New England 1.1% 0.5% 0.7% <0.05% None 1.0%
 Middle Atlantic 1.7% 0.8% 1.0% <0.05% <0.05% 0.8%
 East North Central 1.7% 1.3% 0.8% <0.05% <0.05% 0.9%
 West North Central 1.1% 1.0% 0.3% 0.4% <0.05% 0.8%
 South Atlantic 2.0% 1.2% 0.6% 0.1% <0.05% 1.1%
 East South Central 1.0% 0.8% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.9%
 West South Central 1.7% 0.9% 0.3% 0.5% <0.05% 1.1%
 Mountain 1.1% 1.4% 0.6% 2.1% <0.05% 1.8%
 Pacific 2.4% 2.3% 1.4% 4.8% <0.05% 2.2%
Payer
 Medicare 0.7% 0.5% 0.4% 0.2% <0.05% 0.6%
 Medicaid 7.8% 4.8% 2.8% 4.6% <0.05% 4.0%
 Private insurance 1.1% 1.0% 0.5% 0.5% <0.05% 0.9%
 Self-pay 5.2% 4.2% 1.1% 2.8% 0.1% 3.1%
 No charge 7.5% 4.1% 1.9% 0.3% None 4.1%
 Other 2.8% 1.6% 0.4% 1.2% None 1.5%
Income quartile
 0 to 25 2.9% 1.9% 1.1% 0.8% <0.05% 1.6%
 26 to 50 1.2% 1.0% 0.5% 0.8% <0.05% 1.0%
 51 to 75 1.1% 1.0% 0.5% 0.9% <0.05% 0.9%
 76 to 100 0.7% 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% <0.05% 0.7%
 Females Cocaine (n = 2960) Cannabis (n = 1945) Opioids (n = 2214) Amphetamine (n = 1130) Psych (n = 220) Other (n = 3090)
Age range, y
 <45 3.4% 3.5% 1.7% 2.4% 0.1% 3.1%
 >=45 to <55 4.6% 2.2% 1.7% 1.6% 0.1% 2.0%
 >=55 to <65 1.4% 0.9% 1.1% 0.3% <0.05% 1.3%
 >=65 to <=75 0.1% 0.1% 0.3% <0.05% <0.05% 0.6%
 >75 <0.05% None 0.2% <0.05% <0.05% 0.2%
Race Crude Adj. Crude Adj. Crude Adj. Crude Adj. Crude Adj. Crude Adj.
 White 0.1% 1.2% 0.2% 1.9% 0.4% 2.0% 0.2% 2.7% 0.1% 0.2% 0.5% 2.8%
 Black 2.4% 4.5% 1.3% 3.8% 0.7% 1.3% 0.2% 0.5% <0.05% <0.05% 1.0% 1.9%
 Hispanic 0.3% 1.2% 0.2% 0.7% 0.6% 1.4% 0.4% 2.4% <0.05% <0.05% 0.7% 2.0%
 Asian/PI 0.1% 0.3% 0.3% 3.6% 0.2% <0.05% 0.7% 4.0% <0.05% <0.05% 0.2% 0.9%
 Native American None None 0.2% 0.8% 0.5% 1.0% 0.5% 2.6% <0.05% <0.05% 0.7% 4.2%
 Other 0.8% 1.9% 0.5% 1.1% 0.5% 0.6% 0.1% 0.5% <0.05% 0.2% 0.6% 0.7%
Region
 New England 0.2% 0.1% 0.5% None <0.05% 0.5%
 Middle Atlantic 0.7% 0.3% 0.4% None <0.05% 0.4%
 East North Central 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% <0.05% <0.05% 0.6%
 West North Central 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% <0.05% 0.5%
 South Atlantic 0.8% 0.4% 0.4% <0.05% 0.1% 0.7%
 East South Central 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% <0.05% 0.2% 0.7%
 West South Central 0.5% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2% <0.05% 0.5%
 Mountain 0.4% 0.5% 0.8% 0.8% <0.05% 0.8%
 Pacific 0.9% 0.6% 1.1% 1.5% 0.1% 1.0%
Payer
 Medicare 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% <0.05% <0.05%
 Medicaid 4.2% 2.4% 1.9% 1.8% <0.05% 0.2%
 Private insurance 0.5% 0.3% 0.4% 0.1% <0.05% 0.1%
 Self-pay 3.3% 2.6% 0.8% 1.6% 0.1% 0.3%
 No charge 3.1% 1.0% 0.5% None None 0.7%
 Other 0.7% 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% None 0.3%
Income quartile
 0 to 25 1.2% 0.7% 0.5% 0.2% 0.1% 0.9%
 26 to 50 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.2% <0.05% 0.6%
 51 to 75 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% <0.05% 0.5%
 76 to 100 0.2% 0.1% 0.4% 0.1% <0.05% 0.4%

Abbreviations: Adj. = age-adjusted rate; Income quartile = median household income by zip code; n = weighted national hospitalizations; None = no observations; PI = Pacific Islander; Psych = psychotherapeutic.

*

Age-adjustment weighted to 2000 US standard population. Drug subcategories are not mutually exclusive. Hallucinogen data not included above due to small numbers (n = 20).