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Current and potential use of non-thiazides for hypertension
| Current use of non-thiazides (DDDs/1000 inhabitants/day)* | Potential decrease (DDDs/1000 inhabitants/day)† | |
| Canada | 92.7 | 2.8 (3%) |
| France | 98.9 | 17.2 (17%) |
| Germany | 107.7 | 13.5 (13%) |
| Norway | 92.7 | 20.3 (22%) |
| UK | 70.8 | 15.4 (22%) |
| US | 127.7 | 8.4 (7%) |
* Calculated from country-specific IMS-data for the year 2000. Combination drugs are not included † Corresponding to the potential increase in use of thiazides (table 2)
