Table 1.

Thyroid hormone medication in the Dutch population in the period 2005–2011

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Δ, %
Thyroid hormone users, n	304,461	330,059	362,962	391,828	414,524	438,959	464,927	+53
Dutch population, n × 1,000	16,306	16,334	16,358	16,405	16,486	16,575	16,656	+2.1
% of population using thyroid hormone	1.87	2.02	2.22	2.39	2.51	2.65	2.79	+49
T4 only, n	301,566	326,833	359,239	387,807	410,218	434,503	460,210	+53
T4 + T3, n	2,499	2,819	3,220	3,485	3,818	3,955	4,179	+67
T3 only, n	396	407	503	536	488	501	538	+36