Canadians prescribed long-term opioid therapy in 2018, by age

In 2018, among Canadians aged 65 years and older who were prescribed opioids almost 25 percent received a long-term therapy, in comparison to 0.2 percent among persons under the age of 15 years. This statistic shows the proportion of people who were prescribed long-term opioid therapy in Canada in 2018, by age group.