Table 3.

Opioid Prescription Patterns by Years of Experience and Sex

	Number	<11 Prescriptions∗	>400 Prescriptions∗	Mean No. of Prescriptions	Days per Prescription	Opioid Prescription Rate
Years of experience
0-10 yrs	4987	7.9%	3.7%	119.6	10.1	59.1%
11-20 yrs	4385	5.7%	6.9%	156.3	10.1	57.3%
21-30 yrs	4161	7.2%	7.6%	163.9	10.4	54.8%
>30 yrs	2613	12.9%	6.1%	156.1	11.8	52.8%
Not board certified	3073	8.3%	6.7%	149.7	10.5	56.9%
Sex
Male	18440	7.7%	6.2%	151.8	6.1
Female	779	14.6%	2.0%	95.6	7.4

^∗Denotes percentage of providers in each group writing less than 11 or more than 400 prescriptions.