Table 1 Consumption levels of prescription opioids, non-medical prescription opioid use, prescription opioid-related morbidity and prescription opioid-related mortality measures in the United States from 2001 – 2010
Year | S-DDD | NMPOU prevalence (past month) | NMPOU prevalence (past year) | NMPOU prevalence (lifetime) | Average number of days per year per person of NMPOU (general population) | Average number of days per year per person of NMPOU (NMPOU users) | Substance abuse treatment admissions for POs per 10,000 people | PO overdose deaths per 100,000 people |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | 22,524 | 1.5% | 3.7% | 9.8% | 1.61 | 43.93 | 1.31 | 1.92 |
2002 | 25,993 | 1.9% | 4.7% | 12.8% | 1.91 | 40.55 | 1.58 | 2.57 |
2003 | 29,500 | 2.0% | 5.0% | 13.2% | 1.92 | 38.33 | 1.81 | 2.90 |
2004 | 33,532 | 1.8% | 4.7% | 13.4% | 1.85 | 39.46 | 2.08 | 3.33 |
2005 | 37,565 | 1.9% | 4.8% | 13.5% | 1.95 | 40.69 | 2.38 | 3.65 |
2006 | 40,604 | 2.0% | 5.0% | 13.5% | 2.16 | 43.23 | 2.75 | 4.54 |
2007 | 42,230 | 2.1% | 5.1% | 13.4% | 2.37 | 46.53 | 3.23 | 4.67 |
2008 | 45,054 | 1.9% | 4.8% | 14.1% | 2.15 | 44.79 | 3.96 | 4.79 |
2009 | 47,809 | 2.1% | 5.0% | 14.2% | 2.52 | 50.32 | 4.60 | 5.00 |
2010 | 51,081 | 2.1% | 4.9% | 13.7% | 2.37 | 48.31 | - | 5.29 |