Table 5 Adjusted drug involvement by age group and change vs. reported proportiona
From: Drug poisoning deaths in the United States, 1999–2012: a statistical adjustment analysis
Drug category | % [95 % ci] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
16–59 year olds | ≥60 year olds | |||
Adjustedb | % Differencec | Adjustedb | % Differencec | |
1999 | ||||
Narcotics | 81.1 [80.2–82.0] | 31.4 [29.9–32.8] | 36.5 [32.3–40.7] | 39.5 [23.3–55.7] |
Opioid analgesics | 32.0 [30.8–33.2] | 30.4 [25.6–35.1] | 23.4 [19.5–27.3] | 42.0 [18.1–65.9] |
Other narcotics | 61.8 [60.7–62.9] | 37.3 [34.8–39.8] | 16.6 [13.6–19.6] | 40.7 [15.2–66.2] |
Sedatives | 15.2 [14.3–16.2] | 60.8 [50.5–71.2] | 20.8 [17.0–24.6] | 39.2 [13.8–64.6] |
Psychotropics | 21.3 [20.3–22.4] | 44.4 [37.2–51.7] | 20.3 [16.5–24.1] | 52.8 [24.1–81.5] |
Other specified | 6.7 [6.1–7.4] | 38.3 [24.8–51.9] | 32.3 [28.2–36.4] | 3.8 [−9.2–16.9] |
Unspecified | 35.4 [34.3–36.6] | −30.5 [−28.2 – −32.7] | 36.7 [32.5–40.8] | −15.9 [−6.4 – −25.3] |
>1 Major drug classd | 29.6 [28.4–30.8] | 58.2 [51.8–64.7] | 18.3 [14.6–22.1] | 63.5 [30.0–97.0] |
2012 | ||||
Narcotics | 83.4 [82.9–84.0] | 34.2 [33.4–35.0] | 64.0 [62.1–66.0] | 35.2 [31.1–39.4] |
Opioid analgesics | 54.9 [54.2–55.6] | 41.0 [39.2–42.9] | 48.9 [46.7–51.1] | 39.2 [33.1–45.3] |
Other narcotics | 40.6 [39.9–41.3] | 38.2 [35.9–40.5] | 20.2 [18.6–21.8] | 34.4 [23.8–45.0] |
Sedatives | 30.2 [29.6–30.9] | 60.7 [57.0–64.4] | 28.8 [26.7–30.8] | 60.5 [49.1–71.8] |
Psychotropics | 25.9 [25.2–26.5] | 44.8 [41.1–48.4] | 27.5 [25.6–29.5] | 44.0 [33.8–54.3] |
Other specified | 9.6 [9.2–10.1] | 48.6 [41.8–55.5] | 22.5 [20.8–24.2] | 28.9 [19.1–38.8] |
Unspecified | 34.1 [33.4–34.7] | −31.9 [−30.5 – −33.2] | 34.5 [32.5–36.5] | −26.7 [−22.5 – −30.9] |
>1 Major drug classd | 43.6 [42.9–44.4] | 58.8 [56.1–61.5] | 36.4 [34.2–38.5] | 60.8 [51.3–70.3] |