TABLE 2.

Opioid use (DDD/1,000 inhabitants per day) according to composite socioeconomic index, age, sex, and clinical diagnosis according to type of drug in Catalonia, 2019.

	DDD/1,000 inhabitants per day
	Weak opioids		Strong opioids
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Age (years old)
0–14	0.03	0.04	0.01	0.00
15–44	1.77	2.31	0,61	0.67
45–64	5.39	10.01	3.24	4.66
65–74	10.45	21.68	5.88	11.67
≥75	15.40	31.22	11.06	32.37
ISC a (quartile)
Q1 (least deprived)	3.24	7.02	2.02	5.21
Q2	4.35	9.32	2.60	6.48
Q3	4.90	10.40	2.77	6.89
Q4 (most deprived)	5.23	11,46	2.86	7.24
Cancer diagnosis
Yes	0.11	0.13	0.65	0.60
No	4.26	9.24	1.90	5.78

^aISC: Composite socioeconomic index.