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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Mar 2;3(3):e201018. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1018

Table 2.

Incidence Rates of Fatal and Non-Fatal Prescription Opioid Overdose Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Opioid Prescriptions in the Past Month Person-Years (PY) Overdoses, No. Rate (95% CI), Per 100 000 PY Unadjusted Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) (95% CI)
No Prescription 320 519 65 20.3 (15.9–25.9) [Reference]
Prescriptions to Only Family Members 28 912 16 55.3 (33.9–90.3) 2.7 (1.5–4.8)
Prescriptions to Only Youth 5 001 15 299.9 (180.8–497.5) 14.8 (7.8–26.2)
Prescriptions to Both Youth and Family Members 848 7 825.5 (393.7–1 732.3) 40.7 (15.8–88.8)
Overall 355 280 103 29.0 (23.9–35.2)