Table 3

Worker and event characteristics (percentages) among injured workers with prescription opioid overdose or adverse effect hospitalisations by state (2010–2014)

CharacteristicAZCOMINJNYSCUTWA8 states*
(n=133)(n=110)(n=83)(n=85)(n=340)(n=31)(n=32)(n=186)(n=1000)
Gender
 Men61.6566.3655.4263.5353.24NRNR63.9860.10
 Women38.3533.6444.5836.4746.76NRNR36.0239.90
Age (years)
 15–3413.5316.3621.69NR10.00NRNR6.4511.50
 35–4413.5312.7320.48NR21.47NRNR20.4318.90
 45–5421.0531.8225.3040.0030.00NRNR22.0428.10
 55+51.8839.0932.5327.0638.5335.4850.0051.0841.50
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Latino white76.6966.6792.3165.0678.8287.1079.1790.1879.21
 Latino/HispanicNR18.18NR16.877.94NRNRNR9.91
 Other/multipleNR15.15NR18.0713.24NRNRNR10.87
Place of injury
 Home9.7714.55NRNR8.24NRNRNR8.80
 Industrial/mine/quarry22.5610.00NRNR5.29NRNRNR7.80
 Residential institution†17.2924.5519.28NR6.47NRNR11.2913.00
 Other/unspecified50.3850.9162.6580.0080.0074.1953.1380.1170.40
Low back disorder18.8029.0925.3037.6535.59NRNR25.8128.60
  • *Percentages in the eight-states column were averaged across all eight states and included cells not separately reported.

  • †Residential institution category includes hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living, jail and prison. Event could have occurred while a resident, at work or visiting.

  • AZ, Arizona; CO, Colorado; HCUP, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; MI, Michigan; NJ, New Jersey; NR, not reported due to small cell size (≤10), in accordance with HCUP guidance; NY, New York; SC, South Carolina; UT, Utah; WA, Washington.