Table 6.
Frequency of markers of morbidity and mortality by year in patients who received single vs. multiple opioid prescriptions
Year | Total patients who received an opioid prescription | Overdose Incidents | Patients Receiving Medication- Assisted Treatment (MAT) | Mortality Incidents | |||||||||
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Single* | Multiple* | Total | % of annual sample* | Single* | Multiple* | Total | % of annual sample* | Single* | Multiple* | Total | % of annual sample* | ||
2005 | 1736 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.12% |
2006 | 3644 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.08% | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.16% | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.19% |
2007 | 4864 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.14% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.08% |
2008 | 5176 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.10% | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.19% | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.15% |
2009 | 5124 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.23% | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.21% | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.21% |
2010 | 4980 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0.20% | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0.26% | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0.22% |
2011 | 4846 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0.37% | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0.27% | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0.43% |
2012 | 4452 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0.43% | 13 | 11 | 24 | 0.54% | 10 | 19 | 29 | 0.65% |
2013 | 4337 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 0.37% | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0.44% | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0.37% |
2014 | 3983 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 0.80% | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0.58% | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0.60% |
2015 | 3470 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 0.61% | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0.32% | 6 | 17 | 23 | 0.66% |
2016 | 3387 | 26 | 20 | 46 | 1.36% | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0.44% | 24 | 22 | 46 | 1.39% |
TOTAL | --- | 92 | 97 | 189 | 0.45%** | 60 | 89 | 149 | 0.35%** | 85 | 116 | 201 | 0.48%** |
Denotes if the incident occurred in a patient who received single or multiple opioid prescriptions during the study timeframe.
Percentage of total sample was calculated out of 42,020, number of unique patients in the dataset.