. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Int Health. 2011 Dec 1;3(4):282–288. doi: 10.1016/j.inhe.2011.06.001

Table 5.

Antibiotic utilization in a rural area of Ethiopia, classified according to antibiotic class and age

Antibiotic	All ages		Children 0–9		Individuals ≥10
	DDDs		DDDs^b	Rx ^c	DDDs^b	Rx^c
	Invoice method^a	Dispensed method^b	DDDs^b	Rx ^c	DDDs^b	Rx^c
Penicillins
Amoxicillin	0.59	0.47	0.17	13	0.61	33
Ampicillin	0.61	0.18	0.16	15	0.18	17
Cloxacillin	0.07	0.24	0	0	0.36	25
Penicillin	0.59	0.72	0.55	16	0.80	37
Fluoroquinolones
Ciprofloxacin	0.47	0.37	0	0	0.54	37
Norfloxacin	0.07	0.08	0	0	0.11	8
Sulfonamides
Cotrimoxazole	0.35	0.27	0.36	37	0.21	18
Tetracyclines
Doxycycline	0.18	0.42	0.06	1	0.59	19
Tetracycline	0.08	0.05	0	0	0.08	3
Amphenicols
Chloramphenicol	0.03	0.03	0.02	2	0.03	5
Aminoglycocides
Gentamicin	0.02	0.04	0.05	5	0.03	7
Macrolides
Erythromycin	0.01	0.02	0	0	0.03	1
Nitroimidazoles
Metronidazole	0.007	0.02	0	0	0.03	3
Cephalosporins
Ceftriaxone	0.001	0.004	0.004	1	0.004	1

All antibiotics	3.07	2.91	1.37	90	3.60	214

DDDs per 1000 person days purchased by the drug-dispensing facilities over 6 months

DDDs per 1000 person days dispensed over one week to either the total population (109 895), the population of children aged 0–9 years (34 421), or the population of individuals aged 10 years and older (75 474)

Antibiotic prescriptions recorded over one week to the populations noted above DDD=Defined daily dose; Rx=prescriptions