Table 1.

Total paediatric population 2007; number of unique individuals with prescriptions; percentage of all children with at least one prescribed drug; number of dispensed prescriptions; dispensed prescriptions per patient, all by age groups

Age groups (years)	Total population N	Number of unique individuals N	Percentage with prescribed drug %	Number of dispensed prescriptions N	Dispensed prescriptions/patient
0 < 1	92 064	66 203	72	145 878	2.20
1 < 2	107 351	79 003	74	207 718	2.63
2 < 6	406 797	235 629	58	537 537	2.28
6 < 12	570 620	243 690	43	502 982	2.06
12 < 16	472 522	200 216	42	445 145	2.22
16 < 18	262 063	143 724	55	358 053	2.49
All ages	1 911 417	968 465	51	2 197 313	2.27