Table 1 Basic characteristics of patients who were dispensed an OAT opioid
Basic characteristics | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |
Patients | 7709 | 7914 | 7958 | 7804 | 7709 |
Deaths | 165 | 151 | 138 | 114 | 124 |
Patients, excluded deaths | 7544 | 7763 | 7820 | 7690 | 7585 |
Age | |||||
≤ 25 | 211 (3) | 185 (2) | 171 (2) | 135 (2) | 120 (2) |
26–35 | 1590 (21) | 1570 (20) | 1551 (20) | 1403 (18) | 1333 (18) |
36–45 | 2724 (36) | 2730 (35) | 2605 (33) | 2508 (33) | 3292 (32) |
46–55 | 2283 (30) | 2449 (32) | 2544 (33) | 2540 (33) | 2548 (34) |
≥ 56 | 736 (10) | 829 (11) | 949 (12) | 1104 (14) | 1192 (16) |
Mean (SD) | 43 (10) | 44 (10) | 44 (10) | 44 (10) | 45 (10) |
Gender | |||||
Male | 5221 (69) | 5390 (69) | 5430 (69) | 5354 (70) | 5245 (69) |
Female | 2323 (31) | 2373 (31) | 2390 (31) | 2336 (30) | 2340 (31) |
OAT opioidsa | |||||
Methadone (included levomethadone) | 3406 (45) | 3264 (42) | 3216 (41) | 3066 (40) | 2981 (39) |
Buprenorphine (included combination with naloxone) | 4138 (55) | 4499 (58) | 4604 (59) | 4624 (60) | 4604 (61) |
Dispensed opioid analgesics | |||||
- All | 1430 (19) | 1424 (18) | 1400 (18) | 1382 (18) | 1359 (18) |
- Strong opioid analgesic | 542 (7) | 518 (7) | 490 (6) | 534 (7) | 526 (7) |
- Weak opioid analgesic | 1089 (14) | 1078 (14) | 1066 (14) | 1011 (13) | 997 (13) |
Dose of dispensed opioid analgesics (in OMEQ) | |||||
- mean (mg/year) | 18,538 | 17,399 | 8963 | 9361 | 10,723 |
- mean (mg/day/year) | 51 | 48 | 25 | 26 | 29 |
- median (mg/year) | 450 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 500 |
- median (mg/day/year) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- 25 percentile (mg/year) | 86 | 75 | 90 | 100 | 100 |
- 25 percentile (mg/day/year) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- 75 percentile (mg/year) | 4478 | 3321 | 2616 | 2891 | 3500 |
- 75 percentile (mg/day/year) | 12 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
Patients on palliative careb | 737 | ||||
Patients with chronic painc | 2011 | ||||