Table 4.
Number of antibiotics prescribed per diagnosis and age group (percent within age group).
| Amoxicillin and clavulanic acid | Amoxicillin | Macrolides/ Azithromycin |
Tetracyclin/ Doxycyclin |
Cephalosporine/ Cephalexin | Other antibiotics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronchitis | 707 | 932 | 697 | 724 | 79 | 67 |
| 0–4y | 76 (46.3) | 17 (10.4) | 23 (14.0) | 0 (0.0) | 30 (18.3) | 18 (11.0) |
| 5–17y | 48 (24.2) | 72 (36.4) | 58 (29.3) | 10 (5.1) | 3 (1.5) | 7 (3.5) |
| 18–60y | 405 (19.7) | 642 (31.1) | 473 (23.0) | 483 (23.4) | 24 (1.2) | 33 (1.6) |
| >60y | 178 (22.7) | 201 (25.6) | 143 (18.2) | 231 (29.4) | 22 (2.8) | 9 (1.3) |
| Otitis media | 1361 | 635 | 77 | 21 | 398 | 215 |
| 0–4y | 973 (57.1) | 220 (12.9) | 39 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 356 (20.9) | 116 (6.8) |
| 5–17y | 189 (37.8) | 218 (43.6) | 10 (2.0) | 3 (0.6) | 27 (5.4) | 53 (10.6) |
| 18–60y | 179 (38.2) | 187 (39.9) | 27 (5.8) | 16 (3.4) | 15 (3.2) | 45 (9.5) |
| >60y | 20 (58.8) | 10 (29.4) | 1 (2.9) | 2 (5.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.0) |
| Pneumonia | 512 | 297 | 359 | 35 | 42 | 33 |
| 0–4y | 117 (58.2) | 24 (11.9) | 24 (11.9) | 0 (0.0) | 31 (15.4) | 5 (2.6) |
| 5–17y | 68 (31.3) | 57 (26.3) | 80 (36.9) | 3 (1.4) | 1 (0.5) | 8 (3.6) |
| 18–60y | 219 (36.1) | 147 (24.2) | 197 (32.5) | 26 (4.3) | 4 (0.7) | 14 (2.2) |
| >60y | 108 (42.7) | 69 (27.3) | 58 (22.9) | 6 (2.4) | 6 (2.4) | 6 (2.4) |
| Sinusitis | 1115 | 1673 | 300 | 212 | 77 | 138 |
| 0–4y | 39 (63.9) | 5 (8.2) | 1 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (18.0) | 5 (8.3) |
| 5–17y | 88 (29.8) | 155 (52.5) | 20 (6.8) | 11 (3.7) | 7 (2.4) | 14 (4.8) |
| 18–60y | 889 (31.1) | 1391 (48.7) | 246 (8.6) | 172 (6.0) | 48 (1.7) | 109 (3.9) |
| >60y | 99 (32.6) | 122 (40.1) | 33 (10.9) | 29 (9.5) | 11 (3.6) | 10 (3.3) |