Table 1.
Distribution of the population in age and sex groups and descriptive information on diagnoses and prescriptions
| |
Men |
Women |
Mean unique diagnoses per patient |
% Patients with one or more diagnosis |
Mean drugs prescribed (unique ATC codes) per patient |
Patients with one or more drugs prescribed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age groups | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| 14-24 |
104,686 (5.33%) |
99,969 (5.09%) |
1.58 |
52.06% |
1.98 |
65.69% |
| 25-34 |
178,767 (9.10%) |
171,317 (8.72%) |
1.73 |
51.97% |
2.12 |
64.46% |
| 35-44 |
194,187 (9.89%) |
187,426 (9.54%) |
1.93 |
52.77% |
2.20 |
64.04% |
| 45-54 |
164,620 (8.38%) |
165,997 (8.45%) |
2.55 |
58.28% |
2.56 |
67.01% |
| 55-64 |
135,889 (6.92%) |
138,760 (7.06%) |
4.29 |
73.33% |
3.54 |
77.06% |
| 65-74 |
95,032 (4.84%) |
107,207 (5.46%) |
6.54 |
84.62% |
4.63 |
84.06% |
| 75-84 |
67,272 (3.42%) |
95,343 (4.85%) |
7.88 |
86.48% |
5.45 |
85.34% |
| 85+ |
17,091 (0.87%) |
40,774 (2.08%) |
6.54 |
72.44% |
4.60 |
72.38% |
| Total | 957,544 (48.75%) | 1,006,793 (51.25%) | 3.00 | 63.01% | 3.40 | 70.68% |