Table 2.

Types of antibiotic classes used for treatment of skin and soft tissue infections between 1996 and 2008 in individuals aged 15 years or older^a

Yr	DDD per 1,000 population per day
	Overall (J01)	Tetracyclines (J01A)	Penicillins (J01C)	Cephalosporins (J01D)	Sulfonamides-trimethoprim (J01E)	Macrolides (J01FA)	Clindamycin (J01FF)
1996	0.47009	0.04287	0.19512	0.12798	0.01098	0.04816	0.00855
1997	0.48504	0.03989	0.19414	0.14858	0.01076	0.04595	0.01146
1998	0.49817	0.04082	0.18626	0.16587	0.01009	0.04476	0.01481
1999	0.49215	0.03764	0.16779	0.18015	0.00915	0.04328	0.01639
2000	0.49326	0.03742	0.15496	0.19231	0.00790	0.04299	0.01900
2001	0.51016	0.03601	0.15080	0.20837	0.00776	0.04271	0.02381
2002	0.52445	0.03728	0.14906	0.22198	0.00709	0.04172	0.02793
2003	0.55587	0.03643	0.15091	0.24273	0.00808	0.04228	0.03288
2004	0.59345	0.03645	0.15243	0.27341	0.00995	0.04427	0.03489
2005	0.64253	0.04132	0.14352	0.31300	0.01497	0.04239	0.04399
2006	0.68171	0.04385	0.13946	0.33723	0.02633	0.04178	0.05113
2007	0.70478	0.04894	0.13197	0.33969	0.04548	0.03806	0.05893
2008	0.69727	0.05195	0.12811	0.33063	0.05428	0.03560	0.05963

^aPercent changes from 1996 to 2008 were 48.3% overall (J01), 21.2% for tetracyclines (J01A), −34.3% for penicillins (J01C), 158.3% for cephalosporins (J01D), 394.5% for sulfonamides-trimethoprim (J01E), −26.1% for macrolides (J01FA), and 597.2% for clindamycin (J01FF).