Table 1.
Antibiotic prescribing by general dentists according to antibiotic category, antibiotic agent and sex, age group, and geographic region for patients of all ages, 2013.
| Characteristic | Prescription | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number in millions | Percent | Per 1,000 persons | |
| Antibiotic category | |||
| Penicillins | 17.07 | 69.6 | 53.9 |
| Lincosamides | 3.57 | 14.6 | 11.3 |
| Macrolides | 1.33 | 5.4 | 4.2 |
| Cephalosporins | 1.24 | 5.1 | 3.9 |
| β –lactams, increased activity | 0.56 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Tetracycline | 0.47 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| Quinolones | 0.21 | 0.8 | 0.6 |
| Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Urinary anti-infectives | 0.02 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Other | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 24.52 | 100.0 | 77.5 |
| Antibiotic agent | |||
| Amoxicillin | 13.80 | 56.3 | 43.6 |
| Clindamycin | 3.57 | 14.4 | 11.3 |
| Penicillin V | 3.24 | 13.2 | 10.2 |
| Cephalexin | 1.19 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
| Azithromycin | 1.14 | 4.7 | 3.6 |
| Amoxicillin clavulanate | 0.56 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Doxycycline | 0.45 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 0.16 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Erythromycin | 0.15 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Others | 0.21 | 1.3 | 0.6 |
| Sex of patient | |||
| Male | 10.73 | 43.9 | 68.9 |
| Female | 13.70 | 56.1 | 85.2 |
| Age group of patient (years) | |||
| 0-2 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| 3-9 | 0.75 | 3.1 | 26.1 |
| 10-19 | 1.11 | 4.6 | 26.5 |
| 20-39 | 5.76 | 23.9 | 67.4 |
| 40-64 | 10.79 | 44.8 | 103.6 |
| 65+ | 5.63 | 23.4 | 126.0 |
| Region of prescriber | |||
| Northeast | 4.87 | 19.9 | 87.0 |
| Midwest | 5.43 | 22.1 | 80.3 |
| South | 8.96 | 36.6 | 75.6 |
| West | 5.26 | 21.4 | 70.7 |