Fig. 1
From: The rising tide of opioid use and abuse: the role of the anesthesiologist
Rates of opioid pain reliever overdose death, opioid pain relief treatment admissions, and kilograms of opioid pain relievers sold—United States, 1999–2010. Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 population for opioid pain reliever (OPR) deaths, crude rates per 10,000 population for OPR abuse treatment admissions, and crude rates per 10,000 population for kilograms of OPR sold. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011)