Table 6.

Number of all patients with a levothyroxine prescription, divided according to age deciles, with patients divided according to whether they carried a diagnosis of hypothyroidism or not.

Patient group	Age decile	Number of patients with prescriptions per year
		Year (mean age of population)
		2008 (49)	2009 (49)	2010 (49)	2011 (49)	2012 (50)	2013 (50)	2014 (50)	2015 (50)	2016 (51)
(a) All patients	18–29	420	579	584	707	852	910	962	979	867
	30–39	927	1229	1264	1472	1706	1826	2002	2072	1952
	40–49	1337	1636	1812	2305	2583	2843	2960	3000	2750
	50–59	1871	2354	2614	3287	3848	4328	4639	4667	4228
	60–69	1704	2195	2439	3151	3795	4281	4707	5042	4710
	70–79	1100	1306	1394	1788	2286	2767	3036	3209	3194
	80+	867	1076	1176	1458	1734	2254	2481	2462	2337
(b) Patients with hypothyroidism	18–29	225	325	371	436	560	630	691	734	692
	30–39	440	663	779	921	1140	1276	1459	1578	1544
	40–49	617	878	1091	1397	1657	1926	2107	2198	2114
	50–59	817	1147	1424	1840	2329	2811	3152	3284	3149
	60–69	690	1035	1264	1673	2129	2600	3028	3392	3367
	70–79	395	535	651	897	1273	1611	1835	2006	2128
	80+	305	424	526	662	866	1146	1330	1391	1431
(c) Patients without hypothyroidism	18–29	195	254	213	271	292	280	271	245	175
	30–39	487	566	485	551	566	550	543	494	408
	40–49	720	758	721	908	926	917	853	802	636
	50–59	1054	1207	1190	1447	1519	1517	1487	1383	1079
	60–69	1014	1160	1175	1478	1666	1681	1679	1650	1343
	70–79	705	771	743	891	1013	1156	1201	1203	1066
	80+	562	652	650	796	868	1108	1151	1071	906