Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2020 Dec 5;60(4):546–551. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.10.011

Appendix Table 4.

Urine Drug Testing (UDT) by Region and Year

Prevalent long-term opioid users Incident long-term opioid users
Region/Year Denominator Any UDT Any UDT, % Denominator Any UDT Any UDT, %
Midwest
 2012 31,443 5,979 19.02 773 23 2.98
 2013 34,178 7,673 22.45 792 24 3.03
 2014 33,478 8,875 26.51 728 28 3.85
 2015 30,823 9,732 31.57 670 40 5.97
 2016 33,657 11,561 34.35 743 43 5.79
 2017 39,391 15,831 40.19 995 65 6.53
 2018 37,478 15,885 42.38 449 32 7.13
Northeast
 2012 9,856 1,994 20.23 305 6 1.97
 2013 12,522 3,062 24.45 361 11 3.05
 2014 11,639 3,087 26.52 344 6 1.74
 2015 11,876 3,451 29.06 320 17 5.31
 2016 11,695 3,968 33.93 289 16 5.54
 2017 12,502 4,574 36.59 291 12 4.12
 2018 13,045 5,178 39.69 213 7 3.29
South
 2012 72,584 24,658 33.97 1,782 102 5.72
 2013 78,666 29,751 37.82 1,881 109 5.79
 2014 68,638 29,061 42.34 1,536 121 7.88
 2015 71,839 33,717 46.93 2,231 188 8.43
 2016 80,390 40,484 50.36 1,928 212 11.00
 2017 111,185 62,084 55.84 2,302 302 13.12
 2018 116,891 69,830 59.74 1,634 244 14.93
West
 2012 37,781 6,251 16.55 1,030 15 1.46
 2013 42,212 8,234 19.51 1,508 34 2.25
 2014 43,529 10,073 23.14 1,052 35 3.33
 2015 42,978 11,727 27.29 2,225 42 1.89
 2016 44,249 14,714 33.25 997 58 5.82
 2017 46,341 17,775 38.36 1,080 87 8.06
 2018 47,178 21,193 44.92 743 54 7.27