Percentage change in opioid prescriptions in Canada by province 2016-2017

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Matej Mikulic,
Dec 19, 2022
This statistic depicts the percentage change in the rate of prescriptions for opioids written in Canada from 2016 to 2017, by province. In British Columbia, there was a 14 percent decrease in the number of prescribed daily doses of opioids (including the leading six opioids) written during that time per one thousand of its population.

Change in prescribed daily doses of opioids in Canada from 2016 to 2017, by province*

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Release date

June 2018

Region

Canada

Survey time period

2016 and 2017

Supplementary notes

* For the top 6 opioids (Codeine, Hydromorphone, Oxycodone, Tramadol, Morphine, Fentanyl). Based on defined daily doses per 1,000 population.
Data not available for the territories.

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