Percentage of Individuals with Chronic Non-Cancer Pain Prescribed an Opioid, 2012-2019

  1. 2012: 49.7%
  2. 2013: 48.1%
  3. 2014: 45.1%
  4. 2015: 43.6%
  5. 2016: 41.3%
  6. 2017: 37.8%
  7. 2018: 33.4%
  8. 2019: 30.5%

Source: PLOS, Trends in opioid and non-opioid treatment for chronic non-cancer pain and cancer pain among privately insured adults in the United States, 2012–2019 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272142