This statistic shows the rate of opioid abuse in the United States from 2011 to 2015, by area income level. The rate of opioid abuse among those with opioid prescriptions in areas with an average per capita income of less than 40,000 dollars was 6.3 percent.
Rates of opioid abuse in the United States from 2011 to 2015, by area income level
Note: The abuse rate is defined as the share of prescription holders that abuse.
Income is captured at the zip code level.
Analysis was based on U.S. Census income
data by zip code.
For the purposes of this analysis, opioid abuse was defined as
meeting the following two conditions:
1. Receiving greater than a cumulative 90-day supply
of opioids; AND
2. Receiving an opioid prescription from four or more
providers over the five-year period between 2011
and 2015.
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Castlight Health. (April 20, 2016). Rates of opioid abuse in the United States from 2011 to 2015, by area income level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/639344/rate-of-opioid-abuse-us-area-income-level/
Castlight Health. "Rates of opioid abuse in the United States from 2011 to 2015, by area income level." Chart. April 20, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/639344/rate-of-opioid-abuse-us-area-income-level/
Castlight Health. (2016). Rates of opioid abuse in the United States from 2011 to 2015, by area income level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/639344/rate-of-opioid-abuse-us-area-income-level/
Castlight Health. "Rates of Opioid Abuse in The United States from 2011 to 2015, by Area Income Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/639344/rate-of-opioid-abuse-us-area-income-level/
Castlight Health, Rates of opioid abuse in the United States from 2011 to 2015, by area income level Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/639344/rate-of-opioid-abuse-us-area-income-level/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Rates of opioid abuse in the United States from 2011 to 2015, by area income level [Graph], Castlight Health, April 20, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/639344/rate-of-opioid-abuse-us-area-income-level/
