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. 2021 Jan 20;78(5):564–567. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.4321

Table. Trends in Age-Adjusted Overdose Death Rates per 100 000 (95% CI) Involving Methamphetaminea Among Adults Aged 25-54 Years by Sex and Race and Ethnicity.

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Trends
Men
Overall US men 1.8
(1.7 to 1.9)
2.1
(2.0 to 2.2)
2.9
(2.8 to 3.1)
3.5
(3.3 to 3.6)b
4.6
(4.4 to 4.8)
6.1
(5.9 to 6.3)
8.3
(8.0 to 8.5)
10.1
(9.9 to 10.4)
2011-2014: APC = 26.4
(14.5 to 39.4); P = .005
2014-2018: APC = 31.2 (27.1 to 35.4); P < .001 2011-2018: AAPC = 29.1
(25.5 to 32.8); P < .001
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native 5.6
(3.7 to 8.1)
6.9
(4.8 to 9.7)
7.6
(5.4 to 10.4)
11.7
(9.0 to 15.1)
12.2
(9.3 to 15.6)
16.9
(13.6 to 20.9)
19.0
(15.3 to 23.2)
26.4
(21.9 to 31.9)
2011-2018: APC = AAPC = 24.2 (23.0 to 25.5); P < .001
Non-Hispanic White 2.2
(2.1 to 2.4)
2.5
(2.4 to 2.7)
3.6
(3.4 to 3.8)
4.2
(4.0 to 4.4)b
5.5
(5.2 to 5.7)
7.5
(7.2 to 7.8)
10.5
(10.2 to 10.8)
12.6
(12.3 to 13.0)
2011-2014: APC = 25.6
(8.3 to 45.6); P = .02
2014-2018: APC = 33.0
(26.6 to 39.7); P < .001
2011-2018: AAPC = 29.8
(24.3 to 35.4); P < .001
Non-Hispanic Black 0.6
(0.5 to 0.8)
0.7
(0.5 to 0.9)
1.4
(1.1 to 1.6)
1.5
(1.2 to 1.8)
2.3
(2.0 to 2.7)
3.4
(3.0 to 3.8)
4.6
(4.1 to 5.1)
6.4
(5.9 to 7.0)
2011-2018: APC = AAPC = 41.4 (39.5 to 43.2); P < .001
Non-Hispanic Asian 1.1
(0.7 to 1.5)
1.5
(1.2 to 2.0)
1.3
(1.0 to 1.7)
1.3
(1.0 to 1.7)b
2.0
(1.6 to 2.5)
2.2
(1.7 to 2.7)
3.0
(2.4 to 3.5)
3.4
(2.9 to 4.0)
2011-2014: APC = 5.0
(–15.6 to 30.8); P = .53
2014-2018: APC = 25.1
(15.8 to 35.1); P = .003
2011-2018: AAPC = 16.1
(8.9 to 23.7); P < .001
Hispanic 1.4
(1.2 to 1.6)
1.7
(1.4 to 1.9)
2.3
(2.0 to 2.5)
2.6
(2.3 to 2.9)
3.4
(3.1 to 3.7)
4.2
(3.8 to 4.6)
5.2
(4.8 to 5.6)
6.6
(6.1 to 7.0)
2011-2018: APC = AAPC = 24.8 (24.4 to 25.3); P < .001
Women
Overall US women 0.8
(0.8 to 0.9)
1.0
(0.9 to 1.1)
1.3
(1.2 to 1.4)
1.5
(1.4 to 1.6)
2.0
(1.9 to 2.1)b
2.6
(2.4 to 2.7)
3.6
(3.5 to 3.8)
4.5
(4.3 to 4.7)
2011-2015: APC = 24.4
(18.0 to 31.2); P < .001
2015-2018: APC = 33.2
(26.2 to 40.6); P < .001
2011-2018: AAPC = 28.1
(25.1 to 31.2); P < .001
2012-2018: AAPC = 28.9
(25.1 to 32.8); P < .001
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native NA 3.6
(2.2 to 5.5)
5.8
(3.9 to 8.3)
5.4
(3.6 to 8.0)
8.0
(5.8 to 10.8)b
9.4
(6.9 to 12.3
13.9
(10.9 to 17.4)
15.6
(12.3 to 19.4)
2012-2015: APC = 22.4
(–11.4 to 69.0); P = .12
2015-2018: APC = 30.5
(7.3 to 58.7); P = .03
2012-2018: AAPC = 26.4
(15.9 to 37.7); P < .001
Non-Hispanic White 1.1
(1.0 to 1.2)
1.3
(1.2 to 1.4)
1.7
(1.5 to 1.8)
2.0
(1.9 to 2.1)b
2.7
(2.5 to 2.8)
3.6
(3.4 to 3.8)
5.1
(4.8 to 5.3)
6.2
(6.0 to 6.5)
2011-2014: APC = 22.8
(10.4 to 36.6); P = .009
2014-2018: APC = 34.1
(29.5 to 38.9); P < .001
2011-2018: AAPC = 29.1
(25.2 to 33.2); P < .001
2012-2018: AAPC = 30.3
(20.6 to 40.8); P < .001
Non-Hispanic Black NA 0.2
(0.2 to 0.4)
0.4
(0.3 to 0.6)
0.5
(0.3 to 0.6)
0.5
(0.4 to 0.7)b
0.9
(0.7 to 1.1)
1.2
(1.0 to 1.4)
1.7
(1.4 to 2.0)
2012-2015: APC = 27.8
(4.3 to 56.6); P = .04
2015-2018: APC = 43.6
(29.1 to 59.7); P = .005
2012-2018: AAPC = 35.5
(28.6 to 42.8); P < .001
Non-Hispanic Asian NA NA 0.6
(0.4 to 1.0)
NA 0.5
(0.3 to 0.7)
0.6
(0.4 to 0.9)
0.6
(0.4 to 0.9)
1.1
(0.8 to 1.4)
Too few data points to conduct joinpoint trend analysis
Hispanic 0.5
(0.4 to 0.7)
0.6
(0.5 to 0.8)
0.8
(0.6 to 1.0)
0.9
(0.7 to 1.1)
1.3
(1.1 to 1.5)
1.0
(0.8 to 1.2)
1.7
(1.5 to 2.0)
2.0
(1.7 to 2.2)
2011-2018: APC = AAPC = 20.9
(16.7 to 25.3); P < .001
2012-2018: APC = AAPC = 20.4
(15.1 to 26.0); P < .001

Abbreviations: AAPC, average APC; APC, annual percentage change; NA, not applicable because there were too few cases to report reliable estimates.

a

Psychostimulants with abuse potential (predominantly responding to methamphetamine).

b

Joinpoint, which is identified in this year indicating significant changes in nonlinear trends using a bayesian information criterion.