. 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	13.8^a	1.6^a	0.7^a	6.5^a	11.7^a	6.9^a	−2.6^a	7.2^a	5.8^a	−1.2^a	−0.7^a	6.4^a	−8.6^a	2.0 (0.2 to 3.8)^a
Opioids	15.3	13.9	−11.1	−5.4	25.8	12.5	−17.8^a	20.5^a	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	45.6^a	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	−14.8^a	24.0^a	24.5^a	−1.4^a	−15.6^a	30.5^a	9.7	−6.5^a	−7.3	20.4^a	11.3	1.8^a	−29.9^a	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	6.8^a	7.2^a	3.9	6.6^a	0.0^a	5.0	−3.4^a	2.8^a	3.6	−3.2	−1.9^a	7.4^a	−13.1^a	−0.4 (−0.9 to 0.1)
Opioids	13.4	−2.6	2.3	9.6^a	10.2	1.6	−8.8^a	10.3^a	1.2	−10.4^a	−6.2^a	14.2^a	−9.0	−0.6 (−1.5 to 0.2)
Heroin	16.7	−5.9	−1.2	8.2	11.2	−0.5	−11.3^a	8.8^a	−2.8	−16.5^a	−11.6^a	18.8^a	−20.8^a	−3.3 (−4.4 to −2.1)^a
Stimulants	17.5	−3.5	9.7	20.4^a	−5.3	8.7	0.4	11.8^a	5.6	−11.9	10.0	13.9	−17.0	2.3 (1.4 to 3.2)^a

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