TABLE 1.
Comparison of total antimicrobial use among Canadian provinces and the reporting European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption countries according to defined daily doses (DDDs) per 1000 inhabitant-days (DIDs) prescriptions per 1000 inhabitant-days (PrIDs) and DDD per prescription measures in 2009
| Country or province |
DIDs
|
PrIDs
|
DDD per prescription
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | Rank | Value | Rank | Value | Rank | |
| Alberta | 19.33 | 22 | 1.89 | 8 | 10.21 | 22 |
| Austria | 15.93 | 11 | 1.97 | 13 | 8.08 | 11 |
| Belgium | 27.52 | 37 | 2.53 | 19 | 10.89 | 26 |
| British Columbia | 17.43 | 15 | 1.70 | 5 | 10.25 | 24 |
| Bulgaria | 18.59 | 19 | 3.26 | 25 | 5.70 | 3 |
| Canada | 18.19 | 17 | 1.84 | 7 | 9.87 | 19 |
| Croatia | 21.21 | 29 | 2.87 | 23 | 7.38 | 8 |
| Cyprus | 34.44 | 42 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Czech Republic* | 18.44 | 18 | 2.08 | 15 | 8.87 | 12 |
| Denmark | 15.97 | 12 | 1.72 | 6 | 9.26 | 15 |
| Estonia | 11.07 | 3 | 1.70 | 4 | 6.52 | 4 |
| Finland | 17.96 | 16 | 1.90 | 9 | 9.46 | 16 |
| France | 29.58 | 40 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Germany | 14.90 | 9 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Greece | 38.64 | 43 | 5.30 | 27 | 7.30 | 7 |
| Hungary | 15.98 | 13 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Iceland | 19.35 | 23 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Ireland* | 20.76 | 28 | 2.68 | 21 | 7.76 | 10 |
| Israel | 22.42 | 32 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Italy† | 28.66 | 39 | 11.01 | 28 | 2.60 | 1 |
| Latvia | 10.48 | 2 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Lithuania | 19.72 | 25 | 2.97 | 24 | 6.64 | 5 |
| Luxembourg | 28.19 | 38 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Malta | 21.59 | 30 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Manitoba | 18.98 | 20 | 1.95 | 11 | 9.71 | 17 |
| New Brunswick | 20.23 | 26 | 1.95 | 10 | 10.39 | 25 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 31.36 | 41 | 2.86 | 22 | 10.98 | 27 |
| Norway | 15.23 | 10 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Nova Scotia | 20.52 | 27 | 2.01 | 14 | 10.23 | 23 |
| Ontario | 19.24 | 21 | 1.96 | 12 | 9.84 | 18 |
| Prince Edward Island | 22.19 | 31 | 2.19 | 17 | 10.12 | 21 |
| Poland | 23.59 | 35 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Portugal | 22.94 | 34 | 2.55 | 20 | 8.98 | 13 |
| Quebec | 14.19 | 7 | 1.54 | 3 | 9.23 | 14 |
| Romania | 10.19 | 1 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Russian Federation | 12.20 | 5 | 4.12 | 26 | 2.96 | 2 |
| Saskatchewan | 22.82 | 33 | 2.30 | 18 | 9.93 | 20 |
| Slovakia | 23.78 | 36 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Slovenia | 14.42 | 8 | 2.12 | 16 | 6.80 | 6 |
| Spain | 19.68 | 24 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Sweden | 13.95 | 6 | 1.19 | 1 | 11.77 | 28 |
| The Netherlands | 11.39 | 4 | 1.53 | 2 | 7.44 | 9 |
| United Kingdom | 17.27 | 14 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Lowest use ranking = 1.
*
2007 values;
†
2008 values; NR Not reported