Fact or fiction: the truth behind the doctors company claims regarding licit and illicit opioids

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Table 1 Opioid prescribing rates in adult population aged 18 years and older

Data type	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Number of adults	240,291,024	242,625,484	244,986,302	247,279,859	249,485,228
Annual number of opioid prescriptions written (million)	254	246	240	226	214
Opioid prescribing rate (per 100 persons)	81.3	78.1	75.6	70.6	66.5
Total population	313,998,379	316,204,908	318,563,456	320,896,618	323,127,513

Note: Data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes – United States, 2017. Surveillance Special Report 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2017. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2017-cdc-drug-surveillance-report.pdf.⁹

Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAnnual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes – United States, 2017 Surveillance Special Report 1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services2017 Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2017-cdc-drug-surveillance-report.pdfAccessed April 14, 2018

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