Table 2

Aggregate difference-in-differences estimates

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
OxyContin Misuse 1.642* 1.672** 1.444* 1.442* 1.558* 1.283* 1.763** 1.628* 
 (0.651) (0.627) (0.694) (0.647) (0.606) (0.573) (0.649) (0.661) 
Pain Reliever Misuse   0.163 0.206     
   (0.184) (0.175)     
Pre-Period 2006–2009 2006–2009 2006–2009 2006–2009 2006–2010 1999–2009 2006–2009 2006–2009 
States All All All All All All No FL No WV 
Time-Varying Controls No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
OxyContin Misuse 1.642* 1.672** 1.444* 1.442* 1.558* 1.283* 1.763** 1.628* 
 (0.651) (0.627) (0.694) (0.647) (0.606) (0.573) (0.649) (0.661) 
Pain Reliever Misuse   0.163 0.206     
   (0.184) (0.175)     
Pre-Period 2006–2009 2006–2009 2006–2009 2006–2009 2006–2010 1999–2009 2006–2009 2006–2009 
States All All All All All All No FL No WV 
Time-Varying Controls No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses are adjusted for clustering at the state level. The outcome is suicides per 100,000 for ages 10–17 by demographic group. The post-period is 2011–2020. The pre-reformulation suicide rate (2006–2009) is 2.794 per 100,000. The estimated specification included state × race × age × sex fixed effects and year × race × age × sex × census region fixed effects and was weighted by population size. Time-varying controls included fraction of the population that is White, fraction that is Black, the minimum wage, anti-bullying laws, PDMPs, and “mandatory access” PDMPs. Columns 3 and 4 include an additional control for the pre-reformulation pain reliever misuse rate (excluding OxyContin) interacted with an indicator equal to 1 for 2011–2020. Each point estimate represents the coefficient on the nonmedical OxyContin misuse (%) variable for 2011–2020, except for the point estimate related to the pain reliever misuse rate. FL = Florida, WV = West Virginia.

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p < .05; **p < .01

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