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. 2021 Jan 27;48(4):597–609. doi: 10.1007/s11414-020-09748-8

Table 2.

Average annual rates per 100,000 for Illinois Residents for Outpatient Emergency Department (ED) visit or inpatient admission and hospital death for patients with an opioid diagnosis, by Zip code tabulation area (ZCTA) percent of households living in poverty 214 Illinois Hospitals, 1/2016–6/2019.

Total Illinois population estimate* Opioid visit rate per 100,000 Hospital death rate per 100,000
< 5% of ZCTA poor households
  Age 0–19 978,737 31.70 0.02
  Age 20–44 1,216,881 508.65 2.79
  Age 45–64 1,100,737 254.19 1.89
  Age 65+ 582,617 127.42 2.45
  Total 3,878,972 258.84 1.79
5–9.99% of ZCTA poor households
  Age 0–19 937,560 31.90 0.12
  Age 20–44 1,253,194 687.59 3.39
  Age 45–64 1,016,623 436.51 3.87
  Age 65 + 570,408 163.94 2.75
  Total 3,777,785 378.23 2.62
10–19.99% of ZCTA poor households
  Age 0–19 976,811 28.84 0.15
  Age 20–44 1,358,892 681.56 3.68
  Age 45–64 919,939 850.55 6.21
  Age 65 + 515,603 235.85 3.43
  Total 3,771,245 492.78 3.49
> 20% of ZCTA poor households
  Age 0–19 409,684 28.43 0.14
  Age 20–44 503,349 1207.96 4.65
  Age 45–64 337,531 4517.42 30.05
  Age 65+ 179,529 1070.42 13.52
  Total 1,427,393 1636.93 10.49
All Illinois population
  Age 0–19 3,302,792 31.99 0.10
  Age 20–44 4,332,316 724.73 4.03
  Age 45–64 3,374,830 916.88 6.47
  Age 65+ 1,848,157 265.23 3.89
  Total 12,855,395 531.29 3.45

• Based on population estimates from 2017 American Community Survey 5 Year Census Data.