TABLE 2.
Prescription and nonprescription antibiotic use and storage of antibiotics stratified by race/ethnicity
| Respondent group (no. of respondents) | % of respondents (95% confidence interval) who reported: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprescription antibiotic use in the last 12 moa | Prescribed antibiotic use in the last 12 mob | Intended usec | Storaged (conservative estimate) | Storagee (maximum estimate) | |
| Total (400) | 5.0 (2.9–7.1) | 38.8 (34.0–43.6) | 25.4 (21.1–29.7) | 10.2 (7.2–13.2) | 14.2 (10.8–17.6) |
| Hispanic or Latino (168) | 7.7 (3.7–11.7) | 36.9 (29.6–44.2) | 29.2 (22.3–36.1) | 12.1 (7.2–17.0) | 14.5 (9.2–19.8) |
| African American or black (80) | 3.8 (0–8.0) | 38.8 (28.1–49.5) | 17.5 (9.2–25.8) | 8.9 (2.7–15.1) | 11.4 (4.4–18.4) |
| NonHispanic (152) | 2.6 (0–5.1) | 40.8 (33.0–48.6) | 25.7 (18.8–32.7) | 8.7 (4.2–13.2) | 15.3 (9.6–21.0) |
a
Respondents who used at least one course of nonprescription oral antibiotics.
b
Respondents who used at least one course of prescribed systemic antibiotics.
c
Respondents who would use antibiotics without contacting a doctor/nurse/hospital.
d
Including only those respondents who stored antibiotics and had not taken the same antibiotics for a prescribed course in the previous 12 months.
e
All respondents who stored antibiotics.