Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of NSAID users with one or more prescriptions and with three or more prescriptions recorded in North Jutland County Pharmaco-Epidemiologic Prescription Database, 1991–95.
| One or more NSAID prescriptions | Three or more NSAID prescriptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Number of users | (%) | Number of users | (%) |
| Total | 156 138 | (100) | 58 708 | (100) |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 70 141 | (45) | 23 230 | (40) |
| Women | 85 997 | (55) | 35 478 | (60) |
| Age at first recorded prescription | ||||
| < 60 years | 110 062 | (70) | 33 834 | (58) |
| 60–69 years | 19 307 | (12) | 9110 | (16) |
| 70+ years | 26 769 | (17) | 15 764 | (27) |
| Year of first recorded prescription | ||||
| 1991 | 45 922 | (29) | 11 522 | (20) |
| 1992 | 31 647 | (20) | 11 145 | (19) |
| 1993 | 28 268 | (18) | 11 545 | (20) |
| 1994 | 26 569 | (17) | 12 035 | (20) |
| 1995 | 23 732 | (15) | 12 461 | (21) |