Table 3.
Frequency and proportion of herpes zoster cases with prescription of analgesics and/or PHN diagnosis
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of HZ cases 3,914 | Total number of HZ cases 4,325 | Total number of HZ cases 5,057 | |||||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||||
| 30 days | 60 days | 90 days | 30 days | 60 days | 90 days | 30 days | 60 days | 90 days | |
| Prescriptiona | |||||||||
| All | 190 (4.9) | 242 (6.2) | 261 (6.7) | 205 (4.7) | 258 (6.0) | 275 (6.4) | 195 (3.9) | 525 (5.0) | 278 (5.5) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 65 (4.1) | 89 (5.6) | 96 (6.0) | 85 (4.9) | 107 (6.2) | 114 (6.6) | 83 (4.1) | 103 (5.1) | 113 (5.6) |
| Female | 125 (5.4) | 153 (6.6) | 165 (7.1) | 120 (4.6) | 151 (5.8) | 161 (6.2) | 112 (3.7) | 149 (4.9) | 165 (5.4) |
| Age | |||||||||
| 0–49 | 19 (1.9) | 21 (2.2) | 22 (2.3) | 16 (1.4) | 21 (1.8) | 26 (2.2) | 18 (1.2) | 27 (1.8) | 29 (2.0) |
| 50–54 | 5 (2.1) | 8 (3.3) | 10 (4.1) | 11 (4.1) | 13 (4.8) | 13 (4.8) | 7 (2.3) | 10 (3.2) | 13 (4.2) |
| 55–59 | 14 (4.5) | 14 (4.5) | 14 (4.5) | 16 (4.8) | 24 (7.2) | 24 (7.2) | 14 (3.4) | 17 (4.2) | 18 (4.4) |
| 60–64 | 12 (3.1) | 13 (3.3) | 15 (3.8) | 19 (4.2) | 22 (4.8) | 22 (4.8) | 21 (4.0) | 23 (4.3) | 24 (4.5) |
| 65–69 | 22 (5.3) | 28 (6.7) | 30 (7.2) | 25 (5.1) | 33 (6.7) | 34 (6.9) | 24 (4.4) | 33 (6.1) | 36 (6.7) |
| 70–74 | 23 (5.2) | 28 (6.3) | 31 (7.0) | 22 (5.1) | 27 (6.3) | 30 (7.0) | 34 (6.4) | 43 (8.1) | 47 (8.8) |
| 75–79 | 34 (7.8) | 45 (10.3) | 47 (10.8) | 32 (7.9) | 38 (9.4) | 39 (9.7) | 29 (6.7) | 36 (8.3) | 37 (8.6) |
| 80+ | 61 (8.8) | 85 (12.3) | 92 (13.3) | 64 (8.3) | 80 (10.4) | 87 (11.3) | 48 (5.9) | 63 (7.7) | 74 (9.1) |
| PHN diagnosisb | |||||||||
| All | 58 (1.5) | 68 (1.7) | 73 (1.9) | 58 (1.3) | 66 (1.5) | 70 (1.6) | 55 (1.1) | 66 (1.3) | 69 (1.4) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 21 (1.3) | 24 (1.5) | 26 (1.6) | 32 (1.9) | 36 (2.1) | 38 (2.2) | 21 (1.0) | 25 (1.2) | 27 (1.3) |
| Female | 37 (1.6) | 44 (1.9) | 47 (2.0) | 26 (1.0) | 30 (1.2) | 32 (1.2) | 34 (1.1) | 41 (1.4) | 42 (1.4) |
| Age | |||||||||
| 0–49 | 6 (0.6) | 7 (0.7) | 7 (0.7) | 13 (1.1) | 14 (1.2) | 14 (1.2) | 12 (0.8) | 13 (0.9) | 13 (0.9) |
| 50–54 | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.1) | 4 (1.5) | 4 (1.5) | 3 (1.0) | 3 (1.0) | 3 (1.0) |
| 55–59 | 4 (1.3) | 5 (1.6) | 5 (1.6) | 6 (1.8) | 6 (1.8) | 7 (2.1) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) |
| 60–64 | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.8) | 3 (0.8) | 2 (0.4) | 3 (0.7) | 3 (0.7) | 6 (1.1) | 7 (1.3) | 8 (1.5) |
| 65–69 | 5 (1.2) | 6 (1.4) | 6 (1.4) | 3 (0.6) | 4 (0.8) | 4 (0.8) | 5 (0.9) | 6 (1.1) | 6 (1.1) |
| 70–74 | 3 (0.7) | 5 (1.1) | 6 (1.4) | 5 (1.2) | 5 (1.2) | 6 (1.4) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.8) | 5 (0.9) |
| 75–79 | 8 (1.8) | 9 (2.1) | 12 (2.8) | 4 (1.0) | 7 (1.7) | 7 (1.7) | 7 (1.6) | 9 (2.1) | 10 (2.3) |
| 80+ | 29 (4.2) | 31 (4.5) | 32 (4.6) | 22 (2.9) | 23 (3.0) | 25 (3.2) | 18 (2.2) | 22 (2.7) | 22 (2.7) |
| Prescriptiona and/or diagnosisb | |||||||||
| All | 240 (6.1) | 294 (7.5) | 313 (8.0) | 251 (5.8) | 305 (7.1) | 322 (7.5) | 240 (4.8) | 298 (5.9) | 325 (6.4) |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 81 (5.1) | 105 (6.6) | 113 (7.1) | 112 (6.5) | 134 (7.8) | 140 (8.1) | 100 (5.0) | 122 (6.1) | 134 (6.7) |
| Female | 159 (6.9) | 189 (8.2) | 200 (8.6) | 139 (5.3) | 171 (6.6) | 182 (7.0) | 140 (4.6) | 176 (5.8) | 191 (6.3) |
| Age | |||||||||
| 0–49 | 25 (2.6) | 28 (2.9) | 29 (3.0) | 27 (2.3) | 33 (2.8) | 38 (3.3) | 29 (2.0) | 37 (2.5) | 39 (2.6) |
| 50–54 | 6 (2.5) | 10 (4.1) | 12 (5.0) | 13 (4.8) | 16 (5.9) | 16 (5.9) | 10 (3.2) | 13 (4.2) | 16 (5.2) |
| 55–59 | 18 (5.8) | 19 (6.1) | 19 (6.1) | 22 (6.6) | 28 (8.4) | 28 (8.4) | 16 (3.9) | 19 (4.7) | 20 (4.9) |
| 60–64 | 14 (3.6) | 15 (3.8) | 17 (4.4) | 21 (4.6) | 24 (5.2) | 24 (5.2) | 26 (4.9) | 28 (5.3) | 30 (5.7) |
| 65–69 | 27 (6.5) | 33 (7.9) | 35 (8.4) | 26 (5.3) | 35 (7.1) | 36 (7.4) | 25 (4.6) | 34 (6.3) | 37 (6.8) |
| 70–74 | 26 (5.8) | 31 (7.0) | 34 (7.6) | 25 (5.8) | 30 (7.0) | 33 (7.7) | 36 (6.8) | 45 (8.5) | 49 (9.2) |
| 75–79 | 41 (9.4) | 53 (12.2) | 55 (12.6) | 35 (8.7) | 42 (10.4) | 43 (10.7) | 33 (7.6) | 40 (9.2) | 42 (9.7) |
| 80+ | 83 (12.0) | 105 (15.2) | 112 (16.2) | 82 (10.6) | 97 (12.6) | 104 (13.5) | 65 (8.0) | 82 (10.1) | 92 (11.3) |