Table 2.

Proportion of children and adolescents with prescriptions of antibiotics in the northern Netherlands and north-west Germany (with 95 % CI), by sex and age group

	Males		Females		Total
Age	Netherlands (n = 18,229)	Germany (n = 9,283)	Netherlands (n = 18,518)	Germany (n = 9,091)	Netherlands (n = 36,747)	Germany (n = 18,374)
0–2 years. (n = 8,075 resp. n = 1,770)	44.5 % (43.0–46.0)	53.1 % (49.8–56.4)	41.5 % (39.9–43.1)	46.6 % (43.2–50.0)	43.1 % (42.0–44.2)	49.9 % (47.6–52.3)
3–6 years. (n = 7,464 resp. n∓3,488)	35.2 % (33.8–36.8)	56.2 % (53.9–58.5)	39.9 % (38.2–41.5)	53.3 % (50.9–55.7)	37.4 % (36.3–38.5)	54.8 % (53.2–56.5)
7–10 year. (n = 6,916 resp. n = 4,292)	19.6 % (18.3–20.9)	35.4 % (33.3–37.4)	27.7 % (26.1–29.2)	37.4 % (35.4–39.5)	23.4 % (22.4–24.4)	36.4 % (35.0–37.9)
11–13 years. (n = 5,078 resp. n = 3,733)	16.3 % (14.9–17.8)	27.7 % (25.6–29.8)	19.6 % (18.0–21.2)	28.9 % (26.9–31.0)	17.9 % (16.8–18.9)	28.3 % (26.9–29.8)
14–17 years. (n = 9,214 resp. n = 5,091)	20.7 % (19.4–22.1)	29.1 % (27.4–30.9)	25.2 % (24.0–26.3)	39.1 % (37.2–41.0)	23.4 % (22.6–24.3)	34.0 % (32.7–35.3)
Total (n = 36,747 resp. n = 18,374)	28.7 % (28.0–29.4)	37.9 % (36.9–38.9)	30.9 % (30.3–31.6)	39.9 % (38.9–40.9)	29.8 % (29.3–30.3)	38.9 % (38.2–39.6)