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. 2017 Mar 9;12(3):e0173450. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173450

Table 2. Incidence of psychotropic use in different university hospital districts in 2005 and 2011.

2005 n (%) 2011 n (%) P for temporal change 2005 incidence rate/100PY 2011 incidence rate/100PY
Any psychotropic, incident use
Helsinki 223 (12.1) 463 (7.9) <0.001 23.5 15.9
Kuopio 151 (10.2) 314 (7.5) 0.001 20.1 15.1
Oulu 104 (8.6) 171 (6.2) 0.006 16.5 12.7
Tampere 177 (10.4) 324 (7.5) <0.001 19.5 15.1
Turku 119 (9.6) 236 (8.2) 0.15 18.1 16.8
P for regional difference 0.029 0.045
Antipsychotics, incident use
Helsinki 164 (7.9) 384 (5.9) 0.001 14.7 11.7
Kuopio 115 (7.1) 282 (6.2) 0.21 13.2 12.2
Oulu 70 (5.3) 168 (5.6) 0.69 10.0 11.2
Tampere 139 (7.3) 281 (5.9) 0.038 15.0 11.7
Turku 110 (8.0) 169 (5.5) 0.001 15.1 10.9
P for regional difference 0.040 0.69
Antidepressants, incident use
Helsinki 153 (7.5) 331 (5.2) <0.001 14.0 10.2
Kuopio 91 (5.7) 194 (4.3) 0.028 10.9 8.5
Oulu 64 (4.9) 84 (3.2) 0.005 8.7 6.4
Tampere 121 (6.4) 209 (4.5) 0.001 11.7 9.0
Turku 72 (5.3) 149 (4.8) 0.49 9.5 9.7
P for regional difference 0.013 <0.001
BZDR, incident use
Helsinki 142 (7.1) 252 (4.0) <0.001 13.7 7.8
Kuopio 80 (5.0) 161 (3.6) 0.014 9.4 7.2
Oulu 78 (6.0) 92 (3.1) <0.001 11.0 6.3
Tampere 122 (6.5) 196 (4.2) <0.001 13.8 8.4
Turku 74 (5.5) 132 (4.3) 0.08 10.1 8.7
P for regional difference 0.08 0.08