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. 2016 Feb;22(2):10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.2.172. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.2.172

TABLE 1.

Demographic Data

  2012 2013 Change
Eligible members 22,314,101 22,745,508 431,407
(1.9%)
Prescription medication users 14,960,649 15,110,518 149,869
(1.0%)
   Prevalence of prescription medication users (%) 67.0 66.4 -0.9
   Average age, years (SD) 36.9
(20.7)
36.8
(20.6)
-0.1 yr
   Female 11,508,347 11,713,474 1.8%
   Percent female 51.6 51.5 -0.2
Compound users 245,285 323,501 78,216
(31.9%)
   Prevalence of compound users (%) 1.1 1.4 27.3
   Average age, years (SD) 41.8
(21.3)
42.3
(21.1)
0.5 yr
   Female 162,471 212,590 30.8%
   Percent female 66.2 65.7 -0.8

SD = standard deviation.