Appendix Table 3.

Characteristics of Opioid Overdose Hospitalizations Among Patients <65 Years of Age

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Payer Type (Discharges)
Non-Medicare	16,565	17,981	20,317	22,846	25,953	28,751	32,522	32,049	36,232	38,513	44,542	45,071	50,672	51,664	51,905	51,070
Medicare	2,197	2,772	3,108	4,256	4,790	5,735	6,774	7,473	8,859	9,859	12,039	12,521	14,469	15,648	17,155	16,610
Payer Type (%)
Non-Medicare	88.3%	86.6%	86.7%	84.3%	84.4%	83.4%	82.8%	81.1%	80.4%	79.6%	78.7%	78.3%	77.8%	76.8%	75.2%	75.5%
Medicare	11.7%	13.4%	13.3%	15.7%	15.6%	16.6%	17.2%	18.9%	19.6%	20.4%	21.3%	21.7%	22.2%	23.2%	24.8%	24.5%
Sex (Discharges)
Non-Medicare
Male	8,688	9,097	10,664	11,197	13,090	14,192	16,127	16,170	18,903	19,159	23,139	22,898	25,687	25,813	26,225	26,230
Female	7,877	8,883	9,649	11,649	12,859	14,520	16,386	15,846	17,302	19,311	21,398	22,154	24,945	25,836	25,680	24,810
Medicare
Male	1,205	1,461	1,622	2,109	2,476	2,760	3,142	3,343	4,013	4,634	5,631	5,773	6,397	6,864	7,370	7,120
Female	993	1,311	1,486	2,147	2,314	2,975	3,632	4,129	4,847	5,225	6,408	6,748	8,073	8,784	9,780	9,485
Sex (%)
Non-Medicare
Male	52.4%	50.6%	52.5%	49.0%	50.4%	49.4%	49.6%	50.5%	52.2%	49.8%	52.0%	50.8%	50.7%	50.0%	50.5%	51.4%
Female	47.6%	49.4%	47.5%	51.0%	49.6%	50.6%	50.4%	49.5%	47.8%	50.2%	48.0%	49.2%	49.3%	50.0%	49.5%	48.6%
Medicare
Male	54.8%	52.7%	52.2%	49.6%	51.7%	48.1%	46.4%	44.7%	45.3%	47.0%	46.8%	46.1%	44.2%	43.9%	43.0%	42.9%
Female	45.2%	47.3%	47.8%	50.4%	48.3%	51.9%	53.6%	55.3%	54.7%	53.0%	53.2%	53.9%	55.8%	56.1%	57.0%	57.1%
Age (Discharges)
Non-Medicare
0–17	1,061	1,200	1,303	1,153	1,327	1,503	1,641	1,703	1,418	1,514	1,705	1,709	2,297	1,638	1,955	1,675
18–29	4,108	4,360	4,671	5,280	6,175	7,037	8,095	7,888	8,689	9,817	11,103	11,389	12,549	13,524	12,910	12,985
30–39	4,842	5,117	5,986	6,445	6,545	7,022	7,589	6,894	7,884	8,137	9,203	9,385	10,670	11,088	11,250	10,690
40–49	4,391	4,966	5,475	6,331	7,347	7,835	8,773	8,538	9,722	9,315	10,571	10,029	10,983	10,759	10,665	10,220
50–59	1,712	1,875	2,422	3,009	3,857	4,393	5,347	5,829	6,874	8,084	9,749	10,095	11,246	11,428	11,930	12,050
60–64	450	453	454	629	701	942	1,068	1,189	1,635	1,641	2,207	2,460	2,899	3,222	3,185	3,445
Medicare
0–17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
18–29	*	106	114	112	180	185	300	265	290	360	401	393	580	511	645	560
30–39	558	665	661	872	902	975	1,004	1,040	1,134	1,285	1,239	1,337	1,799	1,611	1,800	1,795
40–49	837	1,082	1,170	1,534	1,772	2,169	2,423	2,622	2,738	3,062	3,731	3,414	3,713	3,864	3,820	3,615
50–59	478	668	871	1,353	1,469	1,742	2,253	2,671	3,532	3,705	4,786	5,311	6,017	6,729	7,615	7,400
60–64	230	251	288	385	468	658	789	871	1,160	1,438	1,878	2,066	2,361	2,933	3,265	3,225
Age (%)
Non-Medicare
0–17	6.4%	6.7%	6.4%	5.0%	5.1%	5.2%	5.0%	5.3%	3.9%	3.9%	3.8%	3.8%	4.5%	3.2%	3.8%	3.3%
18–29	24.8%	24.3%	23.0%	23.1%	23.8%	24.5%	24.9%	24.6%	24.0%	25.5%	24.9%	25.3%	24.8%	26.2%	24.9%	25.4%
30–39	29.2%	28.5%	29.5%	28.2%	25.2%	24.4%	23.3%	21.5%	21.8%	21.1%	20.7%	20.8%	21.1%	21.5%	21.7%	20.9%
40–49	26.5%	27.6%	27.0%	27.7%	28.3%	27.3%	27.0%	26.6%	26.8%	24.2%	23.7%	22.3%	21.7%	20.8%	20.6%	20.0%
50–59	10.3%	10.4%	11.9%	13.2%	14.9%	15.3%	16.4%	18.2%	19.0%	21.0%	21.9%	22.4%	22.2%	22.1%	23.0%	23.6%
60–64	2.7%	2.5%	2.2%	2.8%	2.7%	3.3%	3.3%	3.7%	4.5%	4.3%	5.0%	5.5%	5.7%	6.2%	6.1%	6.7%
Medicare
0–17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
18–29	*	3.8%	3.7%	2.6%	3.8%	3.2%	4.4%	3.5%	3.3%	3.7%	3.3%	3.1%	4.0%	3.3%	3.8%	3.4%
30–39	25.4%	24.0%	21.3%	20.5%	18.8%	17.0%	14.8%	13.9%	12.8%	13.0%	10.3%	10.7%	12.4%	10.3%	10.5%	10.8%
40–49	38.1%	39.0%	37.6%	36.0%	37.0%	37.8%	35.8%	35.1%	30.9%	31.1%	31.0%	27.3%	25.7%	24.7%	22.3%	21.8%
50–59	21.8%	24.1%	28.0%	31.8%	30.7%	30.4%	33.3%	35.7%	39.9%	37.6%	39.8%	42.4%	41.6%	43.0%	44.4%	44.6%
60–64	10.4%	9.0%	9.3%	9.1%	9.8%	11.5%	11.7%	11.7%	13.1%	14.6%	15.6%	16.5%	16.3%	18.7%	19.0%	19.4%
Race (Discharges)
Non-Medicare
White	9264	10324	11943	12984	14419	16821	18467	19306	20463	22099	28001	30882	34788	37041	38680	37670
Black	2046	2049	1909	1989	2378	2096	2350	1772	2426	2462	2603	3027	4158	3940	4270	4525
Hispanic	1258	1208	1657	1449	1667	1763	1886	1690	2274	2059	2153	2678	3256	3540	3800	3835
Asian or Pacific Islander	*	*	103	125	150	141	209	157	163	218	239	316	336	327	325	305
Native American	*	*	*	*	*	*	202	183	261	242	287	456	421	466	450	360
Other	307	464	387	297	588	569	503	726	576	654	1103	1408	1026	1334	1265	1090
Medicare
White	1441	1939	2150	2785	3035	3650	4301	4908	5470	6171	8198	8959	10403	11839	13395	13060
Black	202	260	243	276	343	344	436	437	607	721	761	959	1367	1394	1585	1490
Hispanic	89	77	146	143	178	246	208	287	306	341	470	500	612	720	825	795
Asian or Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Native American	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	119	*	*	*	161	118	145	*
Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	176	161	218	224	340	145
Race (%)
Non-Medicare
White	71.2%	72.7%	74.4%	76.8%	74.9%	78.5%	78.2%	81.0%	78.2%	79.7%	81.4%	79.7%	79.1%	79.4%	79.3%	78.8%
Black	15.7%	14.4%	11.9%	11.8%	12.4%	9.8%	10.0%	7.4%	9.3%	8.9%	7.6%	7.8%	9.5%	8.4%	8.8%	9.5%
Hispanic	9.7%	8.5%	10.3%	8.6%	8.7%	8.2%	8.0%	7.1%	8.7%	7.4%	6.3%	6.9%	7.4%	7.6%	7.8%	8.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander	*	*	0.6%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.9%	0.7%	0.6%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
Native American	*	*	*	*	*	*	0.9%	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%	1.2%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%
Other	2.4%	3.3%	2.4%	1.8%	3.1%	2.7%	2.1%	3.0%	2.2%	2.4%	3.2%	3.6%	2.3%	2.9%	2.6%	2.3%
Medicare
White	81.9%	83.4%	83.6%	85.3%	84.4%	84.6%	84.4%	85.8%	82.9%	83.5%	84.9%	83.7%	81.2%	82.5%	81.9%	83.3%
Black	11.5%	11.2%	9.5%	8.5%	9.5%	8.0%	8.6%	7.6%	9.2%	9.8%	7.9%	9.0%	10.7%	9.7%	9.7%	9.5%
Hispanic	5.1%	3.3%	5.7%	4.4%	4.9%	5.7%	4.1%	5.0%	4.6%	4.6%	4.9%	4.7%	4.8%	5.0%	5.0%	5.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Native American	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1.8%	*	*	*	1.3%	0.8%	0.9%	*
Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1.8%	1.5%	1.7%	1.6%	2.1%	0.9%
Overdose Type (Discharges)
Non-medicare
Prescription Opioid Only	11476	12377	14957	18258	20472	23570	27655	27532	30111	33838	37542	38729	43937	44329	42500	39625
Both	203	208	183	222	269	265	171	218	298	258	338	339	478	562	545	630
Heroin Only	4886	5397	5177	4366	5212	4917	4696	4299	5823	4418	6662	6003	6256	6772	8860	10815
Medicare
Prescription Opioid Only	1923	2385	2801	3932	4363	5382	6365	7126	8367	9455	11333	11968	13864	15091	16245	15600
Both	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Heroin Only	269	362	292	305	414	314	390	328	451	372	655	519	545	517	845	925
Overdose Type (%)
Non-medicare
Prescription Opioid Only	69.3%	68.8%	73.6%	79.9%	78.9%	82.0%	85.0%	85.9%	83.1%	87.9%	84.3%	85.9%	86.7%	85.8%	81.9%	77.6%
Both	1.2%	1.2%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.5%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	1.1%	1.0%	1.2%
Heroin Only	29.5%	30.0%	25.5%	19.1%	20.1%	17.1%	14.4%	13.4%	16.1%	11.5%	15.0%	13.3%	12.3%	13.1%	17.1%	21.2%
Medicare
Prescription Opioid Only	87.5%	86.0%	90.1%	92.4%	91.1%	93.8%	94.0%	95.4%	94.4%	95.9%	94.1%	95.6%	95.8%	96.4%	94.7%	93.9%
Both	**	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Heroin Only	12.3%	13.1%	9.4%	7.2%	8.6%	5.5%	5.8%	4.4%	5.1%	3.8%	5.4%	4.1%	3.8%	3.3%	4.9%	5.6%