Table 2.
Characteristics of the population’s prescription drug use
| |
|
Prescription drug use in total population |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Variables |
|
Yes |
No |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| All |
|
205827 (66) |
108150 (35) |
| Gender |
Female |
121682 (77) |
37021 (23) |
| |
Male |
84145 (54) |
71129 (46) |
| Age |
20-29 |
23916 (51) |
23289 (49) |
| |
30-39 |
27666 (53) |
24568 (47) |
| |
40-49 |
30419 (56) |
24293 (44) |
| |
50-59 |
34946 (65) |
19045 (35) |
| |
60-69 |
36745 (73) |
11376 (34) |
| |
70-79 |
27643 (87) |
4038 (13) |
| |
80- |
24492 (94) |
1541 (6) |
| Multi-morbidity level |
0 |
26822 (26) |
75013 (74) |
| |
1 |
30364 (69) |
13491 (31) |
| |
2 |
51674 (80) |
12913 (20) |
| |
3 |
82988 (93) |
6595 (7) |
| |
4 |
10775 (99) |
126 (1) |
| 5 | 3204 (99.6) | 12 (0.4) | |
N – Number of observations.