Descriptive characteristics of neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid poisoning and nonpoisoning events in 2016, and opioid-related death in 2015
| Characteristic | Indicator; no. (%) of cases | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neonatal abstinence syndrome n = 882 | Opioid poisoning | Nonpoisoning event | ||||
| Emergency department visit n = 4420 | Hospital admission n = 1893 | Death n = 730 | Emergency department visit n = 7575 | Hospital admission n = 3886 | ||
| Age, yr | ||||||
| ≤ 14 | – | 89 (2.0) | 42 (2.2) | 1 (0.1) | 11 (0.1) | 33 (0.8) |
| 15–24 | – | 701 (15.8) | 164 (8.7) | 71 (9.7) | 1226 (16.2) | 445 (11.4) |
| 25–44 | – | 1898 (42.9) | 533 (28.2) | 303 (41.5) | 4307 (56.8) | 1804 (46.4) |
| 45–64 | – | 1257 (28.4) | 721 (38.1) | 318 (43.6) | 1701 (22.4) | 1140 (29.3) |
| ≥ 65 | – | 475 (10.7) | 432 (22.8) | 34 (4.6) | 325 (4.3) | 464 (11.9) |
| Missing | – | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.05) | 3 (0.4) | 5 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | – | 2461 (55.7) | 910 (48.1) | 474 (64.9) | 4610 (60.8) | 1881 (48.4) |
| Female | – | 1958 (44.3) | 982 (51.9) | 256 (35.1) | 2965 (39.1) | 2005 (51.6) |
| Not identified | – | 1 (0.02) | 1 (0.05) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Income quintile | ||||||
| 1 (lowest) | 384 (43.5) | 1283 (29.0) | 562 (29.7) | 251 (34.4) | 2214 (29.2) | 1456 (37.5) |
| 2 | 176 (20.0) | 806 (18.2) | 364 (19.2) | 148 (20.3) | 1381 (18.2) | 692 (17.8) |
| 3 | 135 (15.3) | 790 (17.9) | 350 (18.5) | 109 (14.9) | 1653 (21.8) | 634 (16.3) |
| 4 | 103 (11.7) | 728 (16.5) | 335 (17.7) | 102 (14.0) | 1021 (13.5) | 572 (14.7) |
| 5 (highest) | 64 (7.2) | 480 (10.8) | 208 (11.0) | 74 (10.1) | 638 (8.4) | 384 (9.9) |
| Undetermined* | 20 (2.3) | 333 (7.5) | 74 (3.9) | 46 (6.3) | 668 (8.8) | 148 (3.8) |
↵* Owing to missing postal code, invalid postal code or suppressed dissemination area information.