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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2020 Dec 7;147(1):e2020003491. doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-003491

TABLE 1.

Percent Change in Quarterly Rates for Suspected All-Drug Overdose, Opioid Overdose, Heroin Overdose, and Stimulant Overdose, by Age Group–59 Jurisdictions in 47 States, NSSP, April 2016–September 2019

Characteristic Q2 2016–
Q3 2016
Q3 2016–
Q4 2016
Q4 2016–
Q1 2017
Q1 2017–
Q2 2017
Q2 2017–
Q3 2017
Q3 2017–
Q4 2017
Q4 2017–
Q1 2018
Q1 2018–
Q2 2018
Q2 2018–
Q3 2018
Q3 2018–
Q4 2018
Q4 2018–
Q1 2019
Q1 2019–
Q2 2019
Q2 2019–
Q3 2019
AQPC (95% CI)
0-10 y
 All-drug 13.8a 1.6a 0.7a 6.5a 11.7a 6.9a −2.6a 7.2a 5.8a −1.2a −0.7a 6.4a −8.6a 2.0 (0.2 to 3.8)a
 Opioids 15.3 13.9 −11.1 −5.4 25.8 12.5 −17.8a 20.5a 3.6 5.2 −4.1 −0.9 −7.8 1.5 (−0.5 to 3.5)
 Heroin
 Stimulants 8.3 6.8 −17.6 45.6a 5.3 8.2 −1.8 6.0 2.3 1.1 23.9 −14.9 −5.2 3.3 (1.2 to 5.5)a
11–14 y
 All-drug −14.8a 24.0a 24.5a −1.4a −15.6a 30.5a 9.7 −6.5a −7.3 20.4a 11.3 1.8a −29.9a 2.3 (1.0 to 3.6)a
 Opioids 26.7 −21.1 26.7 0.0 5.3 22.5 −18.4 −5.0 7.9 4.9 53.5 6.1 −45.7 1.9 (−0.4 to 4.2)
 Heroin
 Stimulants 18.5 9.4 −8.6 18.8 0.0 23.7 29.8 −34.4 5.0 26.2 −3.8 49.0 −25.0 4.0 (2.1 to 5.9)a
15–24 y
 All-drug 6.8a 7.2a 3.9 6.6a 0.0a 5.0 −3.4a 2.8a 3.6 −3.2 −1.9a 7.4a −13.1a −0.4 (−0.9 to 0.1)
 Opioids 13.4 −2.6 2.3 9.6a 10.2 1.6 −8.8a 10.3a 1.2 −10.4a −6.2a 14.2a −9.0 −0.6 (−1.5 to 0.2)
 Heroin 16.7 −5.9 −1.2 8.2 11.2 −0.5 −11.3a 8.8a −2.8 −16.5a −11.6a 18.8a −20.8a −3.3 (−4.4 to −2.1)a
 Stimulants 17.5 −3.5 9.7 20.4a −5.3 8.7 0.4 11.8a 5.6 −11.9 10.0 13.9 −17.0 2.3 (1.4 to 3.2)a
a

Significant χ2 test (P < .01) or a significant average quarter joinpoint (P < .01).

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