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Table 2 Clusters of opioid-related adverse drug reactions for hospitalisation in NSW

From: Adverse drug reactions due to opioid analgesic use in New South Wales, Australia: a spatial-temporal analysis

Cluster

No. post-code areas

Observed cases

Expected cases

Log likelihood ratio

Relative risk

p-value

2004–05 to 2008–09

 Most likely cluster

3

49

22.69

11.45

2.17

0.010

  2nd

109

2599

1605.02

335.21

1.90

0.001

  3rd

22

465

278.70

53.89

1.71

0.001

 Least likely cluster

3

142

87.66

14.33

1.63

0.001

2009–10 to 2013–14

 Most likely cluster

1

94

55.61

10.99

1.69

0.020

  2nd

14

1015

635.27

99.99

1.63

0.001

  3rd

2

201

127.29

18.26

1.59

0.001

  4th

13

696

487.26

40.64

1.45

0.001

  5th

121

4526

3452.59

191.41

1.41

0.001

  6th

10

434

312.59

21.42

1.40

0.001

 Least likely cluster

13

527

430.18

10.42

1.23

0.033