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