Table 1.
Total outpatient use of antibacterials for systemic use (J01) in South Backa District (SBD), Denmark, and Finland in 2008, expressed in defined daily doses per 1,000 inhabitants per day (DDDs/TID) and percentages.
| ATC code | Name of therapeutic subgroup | SBD |
Denmark |
Finland |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DDDs/TID | % | DDDs/TID | % | DDDs/TID | % | ||
| J01C | Penicillins | 9.48 | 35.20 | 10 | 61.73 | 6.11 | 33.71 |
| J01D | Cephalosporins | 5.16 | 19.16 | 0 | 0 | 2.31 | 12.47 |
| J01A | Tetracyclines | 3.17 | 11.17 | 1.7 | 10.49 | 4.02 | 22.17 |
| J01F | Macrolides, lincosamides | 3.55 | 13.18 | 2.4 | 14.82 | 1.32 | 7.28 |
| J01M | Quinolones | 2.15 | 7.98 | 0.5 | 3.08 | 0.86 | 4.74 |
| J01E | Sulfonamides and trimethoprim | 1.86 | 6.91 | 0.8 | 4.93 | 1.44 | 7.94 |
| Other J01 Classes | 1.56 | 5.71 | 0.8 | 4.63 | 2.07 | 11.72 | |
| J01 | Total | 26.93 | 100.0 | 16.2 | 100.0 | 18.13 | 100.0 |
ATC, anatomical therapeutic chemical.