Table 2.
Distribution of searches on therapy, per tract
| Total (n = 1 394 850)a | National site (N = 359 489) | University hospitals (N = 304 613) | General hospitals (N = 730 748) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tract | n | Unadj % | n | Unadj % | n | Unadj % | Adjb % | n | Unadj % | Adjb % |
| Bone and joint | 71 470 | 5.12 | 14 647 | 4.1 | 17 654 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 39 169 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
| CNS | 49 734 | 3.57 | 11 855 | 3.3 | 16 707 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 21 172 | 2.9 | 4.7 |
| Ear, nose and sinus | 18 288 | 1.31 | 7401 | 2.1 | 3848 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 7039 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| Eye | 22 250 | 1.60 | 6119 | 1.7 | 6302 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 9829 | 1.3 | 2.8 |
| Gastrointestinal infections | 77 896 | 5.58 | 27 611 | 7.7 | 14 181 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 36 104 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| Heart and thorax | 38 881 | 2.79 | 6206 | 1.7 | 14 075 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 18 600 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| HIV-related and other opportunistic infections | 24 112 | 1.73 | 7855 | 2.2 | 5721 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 10 536 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| ICU carec | 2749 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 2749 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intra-abdominal infections | 85 197 | 6.11 | 18 102 | 5.0 | 18 817 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 48 278 | 6.6 | 4.7 |
| Kidney and urinary tract | 231 775 | 16.62 | 53 095 | 14.8 | 41 875 | 13.7 | 9.5 | 136 805 | 18.7 | 12.2 |
| Lower respiratory tract | 303 948 | 21.79 | 67 025 | 18.6 | 65 537 | 21.5 | 14.5 | 171 386 | 23.5 | 15.6 |
| Mouth and upper respiratory tract | 44 126 | 3.16 | 16 393 | 4.6 | 9223 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 18 510 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Mycobacterial infections | 399 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Sepsisd | 106 794 | 7.66 | 18 842 | 5.2 | 32 682 | 10.7 | 8.7 | 55 270 | 7.6 | 11.9 |
| Skin and soft tissues | 164 834 | 11.82 | 50 670 | 14.1 | 27 291 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 86 873 | 11.9 | 11.7 |
| STDs, sexual organs, obstetrics | 63 954 | 4.59 | 23 220 | 6.5 | 8539 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 32 195 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| Systemic fungal infections | 36 846 | 2.64 | 13 898 | 3.9 | 7631 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 15 317 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
| Tropical and parasitic infections | 44 800 | 3.21 | 15 578 | 4.3 | 8325 | 2.7 | 7.9 | 20 897 | 2.9 | 6.7 |
| TB | 2697 | 0.19 | 972 | 0.3 | 384 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1341 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Viral infectionsc | 2931 | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 2722 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 209 | 0 | 0 |
Adj, adjusted; unadj, unadjusted; STD, sexual transmitted disease.
aOf the 1 394 850 pages in the ‘therapy’ rubric, 1169 could not be analysed as the tract search term was unclear.
bAdjusted for number of beds in healthcare institutions; only applies to university and general hospitals.
cSubcategory not included in the national site, but used by a number of websites/healthcare institutions.
dDefinition based on the term used to search for specific tracts.