Table 2.

Number of patients being prescribed levothyroxine, divided according to whether the patients were receiving new prescriptions versus existing prescriptions, and also subdivided according to whether a diagnosis of hypothyroidism was documented or not.

Year	Annual patient count	Number of patients being prescribed levothyroxine
		Total	Number of patients with existing prescriptions			Number of patients with new prescriptions
			Total	With hypothyroidism	Without hypothyroidism	Total	With hypothyroidism	Without hypothyroidism
2008	135,150	8229	3853	1898	1955	4376	1591	2785
2009	173,170	10,379	6740	3362	3378	3639	1645	1994
2010	205,413	11,289	8384	4546	3838	2905	1561	1344
2011	241,149	14,182	9271	5374	3897	4911	2453	2458
2012	295,596	16,825	11,726	7030	4696	5099	2924	2175
2013	381,445	19,234	14,267	9075	5192	4967	2926	2041
2014	469,909	20,823	16,189	10,620	5569	4634	2983	1651
2015	512,406	21,475	17,397	11,817	5580	4078	2767	1311
2016	547,433	20,088	16,851	11,987	4864	3237	2439	798