Table 1. Number of defined daily doses, packages (all administered) and outpatient prescriptions per 1,000 inhabitants and per day, Belgium (n =24,690,829 prescriptions) and France n=161,107,123), 2006–2009.

Period	Defined daily doses			Packages			Prescriptions
Period	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Belgium
J01	23.33	24.85	24.52	2.25	2.30	2.24	2.11	2.16	2.10
J01A	1.82	1.95	1.91	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.12
J01C	12.22	13.70	13.65	1.08	1.15	1.12	1.02	1.09	1.07
J01D	2.30	2.07	1.70	0.20	0.16	0.13	0.19	0.15	0.12
J01E	0.34	0.36	0.33	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.04
J01F	2.39	2.51	2.54	0.34	0.35	0.34	0.32	0.33	0.32
J01M	2.19	2.10	2.23	0.27	0.26	0.27	0.26	0.25	0.26
France
J01	26.83	27.74	28.70	5.44	5.54	5.66	2.72	2.75	2.80
J01A	3.34	3.34	3.32	0.24	0.22	0.20	0.15	0.15	0.14
J01C	13.81	14.68	15.61	2.12	2.21	2.33	0.99	1.03	1.09
J01D	2.78	2.78	2.83	1.15	1.16	1.18	0.54	0.53	0.54
J01E	0.41	0.40	0.40	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.05	0.05	0.05
J01F	3.84	3.90	3.94	0.76	0.76	0.77	0.51	0.51	0.50
J01M	2.06	2.04	2.01	0.42	0.41	0.41	0.26	0.26	0.25