
Prescription pain reliever misuse among veterans in the U.S. from 2016-2019, by age
In 2019, around 2.6 percent of veterans in the U.S. among aged 26 and older reported prescription pain reliever misuse in the past year. The statistic illustrates the percentage of U.S. veterans who misused prescription pain relievers in the past year from 2016 to 2019, by age group.