Table. Patient Characteristics.
| Characteristic | No. (%) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overdose deaths in the general public (n = 193 500) | Overdose deaths with cancer as contributing cause (n = 895) | ||
| Age, median (IQR) [range] | 42 (31-51) [1-103] | 57 (50-65) [13-98] | <.001 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 136 988 (70.8) | 550 (61.5) | <.001 |
| Female | 56 512 (29.2) | 345 (38.5) | |
| Race | |||
| White | 163 014 (84.2) | 737 (82.3) | .027 |
| Black | 27 104 (14.0) | 131 (14.6) | |
| Asian | 2107 (1.1) | 18 (2.0) | |
| American Indian | 1275 (0.7) | 9 (1.0) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic | 175 453 (90.7) | 844 (94.3) | <.001 |
| Hispanic | 16 760 (8.7) | 49 (5.5) | |
| Unknown | 1287 (0.7) | 2 (0.2) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 93 020 (48.1) | 217 (24.2) | <.001 |
| Not singlea | 100 426 (51.9) | 678 (75.8) | |
| Education | |||
| At least a college education | 13 352 (6.9) | 114 (12.7) | <.001 |
| Less than a college education | 135 609 (70.1) | 625 (69.8) | |
| Unknown | 44 539 (23.0) | 156 (17.4) | |
| Underlying primary cancer | New diagnoses in USb (n = 1 735 350) | Diagnosis in opioid-related death (n = 895) | |
| Lung | 234 030 (13.5) | 200 (22.3) | NA |
| Gastrointestinal | 319 160 (18.4) | 187 (20.9) | |
| Head and neck | 64 690 (3.7) | 105 (11.7) | |
| Hematologic | 174 250 (10.0) | 101 (11.3) | |
| Prostate/urinary | 326 670 (18.8) | 90 (10.1) | |
| Breast | 268 670 (15.5) | 63 (7.0) | |
| Gynecologic | 92 070 (5.3) | 44 (4.9) | |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable.
a
Including married, widowed, and separated.
b
Cancer statistics from American Cancer Society, Cancer Facts and Figures 2018.