Table 1 –

Characteristics of Medicaid population, Medicaid population with opioid overdose, and prevalence of overdose in Medicaid population.

	Medicaid Population, Totala (%)		Individuals with Opioid Overdose (%)		Within Group, Opioid Overdose Rate per 100,000 Person-Years
Covariate	2014 N = 630,009	2019 N = 717,585	2014 N = 661	2019 N = 2,269	2014 N = 630,009	2019 N = 717,585
Overall					120.5	426.8
Age
12–24	42.8	42.2	11.2	5.3	31.2	60.4
25–39	25.9	24.7	39.3	41.8	178.4	712.3
40–55	22.5	21.3	36.6	37.3	195.2	723.5
56–64	8.8	11.7	12.9	15.6	192.4	605.7
Racial/Ethnic Group
White	37.1	37.7	59.6	55.8	191.0	628.4
Black	26.3	24.4	22.7	27.9	104.8	501.4
Hispanic	16.4	23.3	10.7	11.2	61.1	198.7
Other/Unknown	20.2	14.7	7.0	5.2	59.1	147.4
Gender
Female	58.2	56.9	44.6	38.3	90.0	283.2
Male	41.8	43.1	55.4	61.7	162.9	616.8
SUD Comorbidities
Alcohol Use Disorder	2.5	3.4	33.9	39.0	1821.1	5340.8
Cannabis Use	1.5	2.6	15.9	26.5	1346.9	4774.4
Benzodiazepine Use Disorder	0.3	0.6	14.5	21.4	7396.3	17603.9
Opioid Use Disorder	2.4	5.1	71.0	86.2	3634.8	7451.6
Psychiatric
Schizophrenia	1.7	2.1	12.0	11.5	875.4	2435.6
Bipolar Disorder	3.1	3.8	30.6	28.0	1218.5	3290.5
Major Depression	3.7	10.5	29.3	50.9	997.6	2101.2
Medical Comorbidities
HIV	1.5	1.1	5.1	5.6	600.5	2256.1
Hepatitis C	1.4	2.1	23.9	30.0	2212.3	6503.1
Diabetes	11.6	15.6	20.7	30.1	237.0	926.4
Heart Failure	1.4	1.5	13.9	8.6	1245.6	2598.4
Cerebrovascular Disease	1.8	2.0	9.8	7.6	835.7	1725.7
Chronic Pain Diagnosis	11.6	12.6	31.6	30.4	352.5	1119.2
Asthma	10.4	6.4	29.0	12.3	334.2	880.2
COPD	0.9	2.4	8.8	14.7	1337.1	2790.9
Pneumonia	1.5	1.8	19.5	16.0	1720.3	4350.5
Sleep Apnea	2.3	3.3	4.7	3.4	250.3	429.6

^aIncludes the full Medicaid population meeting study inclusion criteria.