Table 2.
Receipt of Prescription Opioids in the Year before Diagnosed Incident OUD or Opioid-Related Overdose in the Overall Patient Population and by Age Group From 2006 to 2016
| Percentage of Population | P Value for Trend | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opioid Prescription | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| Any | ||||||||||||
| Overall | 70.7 | 71.0 | 72.9 | 71.1 | 68.6 | 66.9 | 65.4 | 65.8 | 66.9 | 69.0 | 70.8 | .14 |
| Youth | 29.4 | 32.3 | 34.1 | 32.0 | 30.7 | 30.4 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 25.3 | 26.5 | 22.6 | .001 |
| Adult | 75.6 | 74.9 | 77.2 | 75.3 | 72.6 | 70.2 | 67.7 | 66.8 | 67.4 | 69.5 | 70.8 | .004 |
| Older adult | 87.1 | 85.5 | 87.8 | 87.7 | 86.4 | 86.6 | 78.7 | 83.7 | 86.9 | 84.9 | 81.6 | .11 |
| High dose | ||||||||||||
| Overall | 45.5 | 45.4 | 47.0 | 43.8 | 41.0 | 39.2 | 35.5 | 35.3 | 35.2 | 34.0 | 34.8 | <.001 |
| Youth | 8.4 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.1 | <.001 |
| Adult | 49.4 | 48.8 | 51.2 | 47.9 | 44.5 | 42.3 | 37.6 | 36.4 | 35.8 | 34.6 | 34.8 | <.001 |
| Older adult | 67.3 | 62.3 | 63.6 | 58.8 | 59.1 | 57.5 | 46.1 | 47.0 | 47.1 | 42.7 | 41.6 | <.001 |
Abbreviation: OUD, opioid use disorder.