Table 1. Age- and sex-adjusted skin condition consultation and antibacterial drug prescribing rates for children <18 years of age, England, 1997–2006 *.
| Year | Rate/1,000 child-years† (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP consultations for skin conditions | Antibacterial drugs for skin conditions | Flucloxacillin for skin conditions | All flucloxacillin | All antibacterial drugs | |
| 1997 | 128.52 (127.21–129.83) | 59.53 (58.63–60.43) | 17.76 (17.28–18.25) | 35.04 (34.36–35.72) | 541.42 (538.75–544.09) |
| 1998 | 128.17 (126.87–129.47) | 60.44 (59.54–61.34) | 19.33 (18.83–19.84) | 37.35 (36.65–38.05) | 498.64 (496.09–501.20) |
| 1999 | 135.91 (134.57–137.24) | 65.68 (64.74–66.61) | 24.39 (23.83–24.96) | 44.03 (43.27–44.79) | 438.24 (435.84–440.63) |
| 2000 | 142.80 (141.44–144.17) | 70.17 (69.21–71.13) | 27.46 (26.86–28.06) | 48.89 (48.09–49.69) | 431.80 (429.42–434.18) |
| 2001 | 146.75 (145.36–148.14) | 73.43 (72.45–74.41) | 30.65 (30.01–31.28) | 52.76 (51.93–53.60) | 460.68 (458.21–463.14) |
| 2002 | 145.56 (144.17–146.94) | 71.64 (70.68–72.61) | 28.70 (28.09–29.32) | 51.39 (50.56–52.21) | 443.77 (441.34–446.19) |
| 2003 | 154.81 (153.37–156.24) | 75.69 (74.69–76.68) | 31.39 (30.74–32.04) | 56.00 (55.13–56.87) | 459.94 (457.45–462.43) |
| 2004 | 157.56 (156.07–159.05) | 77.51 (76.47–78.55) | 30.75 (30.09–31.42) | 56.22 (55.32–57.12) | 458.60 (456.04–461.16) |
| 2005 | 156.05 (154.54–157.57) | 75.98 (74.93–77.04) | 27.32 (26.68–27.96) | 53.58 (52.68–54.47) | 489.24 (486.55–491.93) |
| 2006 |
152.94
(151.44–154.45) |
77.62
(76.54–78.69) |
29.13
(28.47–29.80) |
56.07
(55.15–56.99) |
484.30
(481.61–486.98) |
| p value‡ | 0.011 | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.005 |
*Data from International Marketing Systems Health. CI, confidence interval; GP, general practitioner. †Directly age-sex adjusted to 2000 sample population. ‡p value test for linear trend across years.