Table 4.

Evolution of the number of menopausal women with reimbursed hormone therapy in the Rhône-Alpes region between November 2002–January 2003 and November 2003–January 2004 (data from the National Health Insurance Agency of the Rhône-Alpes region)

Age groups (years)	Number of women on hormone therapy		Δ%a	p-Value
	November 2002–January 2003	November 2003–January 2004
50–54	10249	5617	−44.8
55–59	20035	11980	−40.1
60–64	36592	25947	−29.2
65–69	32518	28022	−13.6	<10–6b
Total	99394	71566	−28.3

^aΔ%: relative variation of hormone therapy reimbursement between both study periods across the four age groups.

^bChi-square test for tendency evaluating the distribution of hormone therapy reimbursement between both study periods by the four age groups.