Table 1: Proportion of provincial drug plan enrollees aged 65 years or more who filled 1 or more potentially inappropriate prescription* in 2013, by province, sex and age group.
| Province | Population (%) aged ≥ 65 yr covered by NPDUIS database | Age, yr; no. (%) of enrollees | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | Overall | ||||||||
| 65-74 | 75-84 | ≥ 85 | All ages | 65-74 | 75-84 | ≥ 85 | All ages | |||
| British Columbia | 769 993 (89.0) | 89 636 (41.5) | 57 288 (44.6) | 34 735 (50.1) | 181 659 (43.9) | 58 678 (28.8) | 39 299 (34.5) | 16 049 (41.2) | 114 026 (32.0) | 295 685 (38.4) |
| Alberta | 411 322 (91.7) | 54 514 (46.5) | 34 388 (47.6) | 16 304 (47.0) | 105 206 (46.9) | 33 675 (31.5) | 21 163 (35.0) | 7 267 (37.0) | 62 105 (33.2) | 167 311 (40.7) |
| Saskatchewan | 149 505 (93.5) | 14 672 (39.4) | 11 764 (42.8) | 8 762 (46.9) | 35 198 (42.2) | 9 455 (27.0) | 7 166 (32.5) | 3 246 (35.9) | 19 867 (30.1) | 55 065 (36.8) |
| Manitoba | 171 195 (93.8) | 19 942 (43.3) | 13 606 (44.8) | 9 209 (46.3) | 42 757 (44.4) | 12 905 (30.8) | 8 353 (35.0) | 3 501 (38.1) | 24 759 (33.0) | 67 516 (39.4) |
| Ontario | 1 971 856 (95.9) | 200 391 (36.7) | 152 241 (43.0) | 89 780 (46.1) | 442 412 (40.4) | 128 933 (26.2) | 96 492 (33.8) | 39 125 (38.9) | 264 550 (30.2) | 706 962 (35.8) |
| New Brunswick | 73 482 (55.2) | 10 650 (55.3) | 8 238 (57.3) | 5 969 (61.0) | 24 857 (57.2) | 6 591 (40.6) | 4 689 (44.6) | 1 690 (50.9) | 12 970 (43.1) | 37 827 (51.5) |
| Nova Scotia | 112 780 (67.5) | 15 000 (47.0) | 10 303 (49.0) | 6 559 (49.7) | 31 862 (48.2) | 10 039 (37.3) | 6 539 (42.8) | 2 013 (45.3) | 18 591 (39.9) | 50 453 (44.7) |
| Prince Edward Island | 23 051 (91.8) | 2 208 (33.6) | 1 393 (34.6) | 784 (36.8) | 4 385 (34.5) | 1 324 (21.5) | 813 (25.0) | 199 (21.9) | 2 336 (22.6) | 6 721 (29.2) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 49 310 (54.9) | 7 658 (56.0) | 5 787 (58.0) | 3 153 (60.1) | 16 598 (57.4) | 5 383 (48.5) | 3 762 (51.8) | 1 097 (53.5) | 10 242 (50.2) | 26 840 (54.4) |
| All high-data-coverage provinces† | 3 496 922 (92.6) | 381 363 (39.4) | 270 680 (43.9) | 159 574 (47.0) | 811 617 (42.2) | 244 970 (27.7) | 173 286 (34.1) | 69 387 (38.9) | 487 643 (31.0) | 1 299 260 (37.2) |
Note: NPDUIS = National Prescription Drug Utilization Information System.
*All prescriptions meeting the Beers Criteria based on drug, dosage and duration.1
†Provinces in which at least 85% of the population aged 65 years or more is covered by the NPDUIS database: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Prince Edward Island.