Table 1.
Frequency of oral antibiotic prescriptions by age and antibiotic groups
| Antibiotic groups coded by ATC classification* | Number (%) of visits with antibiotic prescription | ||||
| Age group, years | |||||
| 0–9 | 10–19 | 20–64 | ≥65 | All ages | |
| Penicillins | 7495 (7.2) | 1724 (4.2) | 8574 (4.5) | 14 924 (4.3) | 32 717 (4.8) |
| First/second-generation cephalosporins | 964 (0.9) | 411 (1.0) | 2987 (1.6) | 5719 (1.6) | 10 081 (1.5) |
| Third-generation cephalosporins | 52 082 (49.9) | 16 367 (40.1) | 60 621 (31.8) | 108 302 (31.2) | 237 372 (34.8) |
| Macrolides | 28 597 (27.4) | 14 691 (36.0) | 56 719 (29.7) | 115 649 (33.3) | 215 656 (31.6) |
| Quinolones | 7286 (7.0) | 4158 (10.2) | 48 843 (25.6) | 84 848 (24.4) | 145 135 (21.3) |
| Sulfonamides and trimethoprim | 32 (0.0) | 53 (0.1) | 1389 (0.7) | 4520 (1.3) | 5994 (0.9) |
| Tetracyclines | 915 (0.9) | 1366 (3.3) | 4366 (2.3) | 5147 (1.5) | 11 794 (1.7) |
| Other antibiotics | 6901 (6.6) | 2021 (5.0) | 7186 (3.8) | 7965 (2.3) | 24 073 (3.5) |
| All antibiotics | 104 272 | 40 791 | 190 685 | 347 074 | 682 822 |
*Penicillins, J01C; First-generation cephalosporins, J01DB; Second-generation cephalosporins, J01DC; Third-generation cephalosporins, J01DD; Macrolides, J01FA; Quinolones, J01M; Sulfonamides and trimethoprim, J01E; Tetracyclines, J01A; Other antibiotics, J01B, J01DH, J01DI, J01FF, J01G and J01X.
ATC, anatomical therapeutic chemical.