Percentage of adverse drug events in inpatient stays by drug type U.S. 2014

This statistic displays the percentage of adverse drug events (ADEs) in U.S. hospitals that were attributable to select medications in 2014, by drug type. According to the data, of all ADE cases in 2014, 21.6 percent of them were attributable to antibiotics and anti-infectives.

Percentage of adverse drug event in U.S. hospitals that are attributed to select medications in 2014, by drug type*

Characteristic	Percentage of all ADEs
Antibiotics and anti-infectives	21.6%
Nonspecific ADE causes (drug type not specified)	14.4%
Systemic agents	13.5%
Hormones	13.3%
Analgesics	13.1%
Agents affecting blood constituents	10%
Psychotropic agents	8.1%
Cardiovascular drugs	6.6%
Water, mineral and uric acid metabolism drugs	4.9%
Sedatives or hypnotics	3.6%
Anticonvulsants and anti-Parkinson drugs	2.5%
CNS depressants and anesthetics	1.9%
Smooth muscle and respiratory drugs	1.3%
Central nervous system drugs	1%
Atonomic nervous system drugs	0.7%
GI system drugs	0.4%
Skin, eye and mucous membrane drugs	0.3%
Vaccines	0.1%
Other specific drugs	0%

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Release date

January 2018

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2014

Number of respondents

28 U.S. states

Supplementary notes

* Hormones include steroids, insulin, and other hormones. Analgesics include opiates/narcotics and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). Systemic agents include antineoplastic drugs, antiallergy and antiemetic drugs, and other systemic agents.

Percentages across all ADEs sum to greater than 100 percent because some inpatient stays involved more than one ADE cause.

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