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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population's drug use

From: Drugs prescribed by general practitioners according to age, gender and socioeconomic status after adjustment for multimorbidity level

 

Collected prescription drugs in the total population

Collected prescription drugs in the total population issued by general practitioner

 

Yes

No

Yes

No

Variables

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

All

205827 (66)

108150 (34)

145126 (46)

168851 (54)

Gender

    

Female

121682 (77)

37021 (23)

85102 (54)

73601 (46)

Male

84145 (54)

71129 (46)

60024 (39)

95250 (61)

Age

    

20-39

51582 (52)

47857 (48)

25953 (74)

73486 (26)

40-59

65365 (60)

43338 (40)

44584 (41)

64119 (59)

60-79

64388 (81)

15414 (19)

52494 (34)

27308 (66)

80-

24492 (94)

1541 (6)

22095 (85)

3938 (15)

Multimorbidity level

    

0

26822 (26)

75013 (74)

16657 (16)

85178 (84)

1

30364 (69)

13491 (31)

17594 (40)

26261 (60)

2

51674 (80)

12913 (20)

35401 (55)

29186 (45)

3

82988 (93)

6595 (7)

63432 (71)

26151 (29)

4

10775 (99)

126 (1)

9196 (84)

1705 (16)

5

3204 (99.6)

12 (0.4)

2846 (88)

370 (12)

Income level

    

1 (low)

55260 (70)

23185 (30)

40986 (52)

37459 (48)

2

59030 (75)

19415 (25)

43876 (56)

34569 (44)

3

48816 (62)

29630 (38)

32426 (41)

46020 (59)

4 (high)

42720 (55)

35724 (45)

27837 (35)

50607 (65)

Educational level*

    

1 (low)

15377 (73)

5732 (27)

12166 (58)

8943 (42)

2

16292 (62)

10003 (38)

11070 (42)

15225 (58)

3

74886 (60)

50695 (40)

48366 (39)

77215 (61)

4 (high)

45296 (56)

35001 (44)

26552 (33)

53745 (67)

  1. N - Number of observations.
  2. *Including individuals up to 70 years old.