Prevalence of prescription pain medication use among adults: United States, 2015-2018

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• Personal Author:
  Hales, Craig M. ; Martin, Crescent B. ; Gu, Qiuping
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ; • In 2015-2018, 10.7% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over used one or more prescription pain medications (opioid or nonopioid) in the past 30 days. ; • In 2015-2018, 5.7% of U.S. adults used one or more prescription opioids. ; • Prescription opioid use was higher among women than men, and use increased with age. ; • In 2015-2018, 5.0% of adults used nonopioid prescription pain medications without prescription opioids in the past 30 days; use was lowest among non-Hispanic Asian adults. ; • From 2009-2010 through 2017-2018, no significant change in the use of prescription opioids was seen, but use of nonopioid prescription pain medications (without prescription opioids) increased. ; Prescription pain medications are used to treat pain due to injury, surgery, and health conditions, such as arthritis and cancer. While opioids may be prescribed together with nonopioid pain medications, nonpharmacologic and nonopioid-containing pharmacologic therapies are preferred for management of chronic pain, where appropriate (1). This report shows the percentage of U.S. adults who, in the past 30 days, used one or more prescription pain medications, used prescription opioid medications, or used nonopioid prescription pain medications (without prescription opioids) in 2015-2018. ; Suggested citation: Hales CM, Martin CB, Gu Q. Prevalence of prescription pain medication use among adults: United States, 2015-2018. NCHS Data Brief, no 369. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2020. ; CS317261 ; db369-h.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Analgesics
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Prescription Drugs
• Source:
  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Data Briefs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Issue:
  369
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/89707/cdc_89707_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 416.13 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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