Table 2.
Number, percentage and rate of children prescribed different antibiotics at less than the recommended dose.
| Age (years) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–4 | 5–11 | 12–16 | |||||||
| Drug name | No. | % | Rate | No. | % | Rate | No. | % | Rate |
| Amoxycillin | 324 | 27.5 | 46.4 | 332 | 18.8 | 79.0 | 89 | 4.8 | 43.9 |
| Co-amoxiclav | 47 | 4.0 | 90.9 | 132 | 7.5 | 275.6 | 30 | 1.6 | 92.3 |
| Flucloxacillin | 41 | 3.5 | 42.7 | 90 | 5.1 | 66.7 | 72 | 3.9 | 55.2 |
| Phenoxymethylpenicillin | 52 | 4.4 | 65.5 | 577 | 32.7 | 388.8 | 1272 | 68.6 | 741.3 |
| Cefaclor | 2 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 46 | 2.6 | 380.2 | 3 | 0.1 | 42.9 |
| Cephalexin | 35 | 3.0 | 101.2 | 124 | 7.0 | 406.6 | 33 | 1.8 | 165.0 |
| Clarithromycin | 1 | 0.1 | 5.75 | 33 | 1.9 | 240.9 | 5 | 0.3 | 47.6 |
| Erythromycin | 676 | 57.4 | 456.8 | 430 | 24.4 | 432.2 | 351 | 18.9 | 299.5 |
Percent total number children prescribed an antibiotic at less than the recommended dose. Rate/1000 children prescribed that antibiotic.