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. 2020 May 19;11:2042018820920551. doi: 10.1177/2042018820920551

Table 3.

Total number of prescriptions per year, and mean number of prescriptions per patient per year, divided by whether or not a diagnosis of hypothyroidism was documented.

Year Total number of prescriptions
Number of patients
Mean prescriptions per patient
Total With a diagnosis of hypothyroidism Without a diagnosis of hypothyroidism Total With hypothyroidism Without hypothyroidism Total With hypothyroidism Without hypothyroidism
2008 20,893 9203 11,690 8229 3489 4740 2.54 2.63 2.46
2009 31,275 15,208 16,067 10,377 5007 5370 3.01 3.03 2.99
2010 35,161 18,993 16,168 11,287 6107 5180 3.11 3.1 3.12
2011 40,878 23,050 17,828 14,181 7827 6354 2.87 2.93 2.8
2012 51,447 30,577 20,871 16,822 9954 6868 3.05 3.06 3.03
2013 59,568 37,608 21,961 19,231 12,000 7231 3.09 3.12 3.03
2014 66,444 43,512 22,932 20,816 13,600 7216 3.18 3.19 3.17
2015 68,668 46,480 22,188 21,457 14,572 6885 3.19 3.18 3.21
2016 65,640 46,974 18,665 20,060 14,409 5651 3.27 3.25 3.3