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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 20.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011 Jul 20;20(9):895–902. doi: 10.1002/pds.2184

Table II.

Percentage of pregnancies in which one or more prescription(s) was filled, by trimester, country, and year(s) of study

Trimester
Country Year 1 2 3
Including vitamins and minerals
Germany (20) 2000–01 69.7 80.7 85.2
Italy (6) 2004 41.0 49.0 59.0
Netherlands (4) 1994–04 43.6 49.3 60.8
Netherlands (13) 1995–01 45.3 57.1 70.3
Norway (5) 2004–06 33.0 29.0 29.0
Excluding vitamins and minerals
Denmark (9, 10) 1991–96 21.6 19.1 20.8
Germany (20) 2000–01 53.6 55.7 59.9
USA (3) 1996–2000 39.0 34.4 37.9