Table 2 Number of people with prescription of pain medication in a cohort of people with intellectual disability (ID) and cancer (n = 555) and a referent cohort of people with cancer in the general population (gPop; n = 877)

522 (60)

201 (36)

0.61 (0.54–0.69)

0.64 (0.56–0.72)^a

475 (54)

350 (63)

1.16 (1.07–1.27)

1.22 (1.12–1.33)^a

171 (19)

105 (19)

0.97 (0.78–1.21)

1.08 (0.87–1.34)^a

371 (42)

147 (26)

0.63 (0.53–0.73)

0.68 (0.58–0.79)^a

45 (5)

41 (7)

1.44 (0.96–2.17)

0.99 (0.63–1.55)^b

46 (5)

19 (3)

0.65 (0.39–1.10)

0.71 (0.42–1.21)^c

152 (17)

201 (36)

2.09 (1.74–2.51)

1.96 (1.65–2.34)^d

144 (16)

259 (47)

2.84 (2.39–3.38)

24 (3)

24 (4)

1.58 (0.91–2.76)

295 (34)

260 (47)

1.39 (1.23–1.58)