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