Table 4.

Methods for opioid disposal and reasons for non-disposal

Parent response	%, n	95% CI
Method of disposal
Toilet or sink	22%, 37/170	15% - 28%
Trash	11%, 18/170	6% - 15%
Pharmacy or provider	5%, 8/170	2% - 8%
Law enforcement	5%, 8/170	2% - 8%
Reason for non-disposal
Forgot	19%, 33/170	14% - 16%
Child future pain	15%, 26/170	10% - 21%
Waiting for opportunity (e.g., drug takeback event)	8%, 13/170	4% - 12%
Don’t know how	5%, 8/170	2% - 8%
Medicine had not expired	2%, 3/170	0% - 4%
Financial loss	1%, 2/170	0% - 3%
Need for someone else	1%, 2/170	0% - 3%
Other	2%, 3/170	0% - 4%

Note: 95% CI = 95% confidence interval based on 1000 bootstrapped samples