Table. Percentage of insurees with calcium channel blockers (total and subgroups) according to age group (2009)*.
Age | Calcium channel blocker | Dihydropyridine | Nifedipine | |||||||
Total | Sustained-release | Immediate-release | ||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
(95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | ||||||
0–39 | 248 | 0.2 (0.2–0.3) | 216 | 0.2 (0.2–0.2) | 25 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | 14 | 0.0 |
40–59 | 3777 | 5.2 (5.1–5.4) | 3479 | 4.8 (4.7–5.0) | 216 | 0.3 (0.3–0.3) | 65 | 0.1 (0.1–0.1) | 157 | 0.2 (0.2–0.3) |
60–79 | 13 741 | 20.6 (20.2–20.9) | 12 123 | 18.1 (17.8–18.4) | 969 | 1.4 (1.4–1.5) | 504 | 0.8 (0.7–0.8) | 490 | 0.7 (0.7–0.8) |
≥80 | 5687 | 28.5 (27.8–29.1) | 4876 | 24.4 (23.8–25.0) | 490 | 2.5 (2.3–2.7) | 256 | 1.3 (1.1–1.5) | 251 | 1.3 (1.1–1.4) |
Total | 23 453 | 9.0 (8.9–9.1) | 20 694 | 7.9 (7.8–8.0) | 1700 | 0.7 (0.6–0.7) | 836 | 0.3 (0.3–0.3) | 912 | 0.3 (0.3–0.4) |
>65 | 17 215 | 24.1 (23.8–24.4) | 15 006 | 21.0 (20.7–21.3) | 1313 | 1.8 (1.7–1.9) | 700 | 1.0 (0.9–1.1) | 651 | 0.9 (0.8–1.0) |
Reference population: n = 260 672; * multiple entries