Table 2.
Timing of most recent antibiotic use as reported by respondents to an online survey on antibiotic resistance administered by the National 12320 Health Hotline management office, China, April 12–May 7, 2019
| Characteristics | Respondents N |
In last month N (%) |
Within last 2–6 months N (%) |
Within last 7–12 months N (%) |
> 1 year ago N (%) |
Never N (%) |
Do not recall N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 991 | 188 (19) | 275 (28) | 140 (14) | 252 (25) | 69 (7) | 67 (7) |
| Female | 1782 | 353 (20) | 499 (28) | 224 (13) | 523 (29) | 71 (4) | 112 (6) |
| Age | |||||||
| 16–24 | 156 | 32 (22) | 34 (22) | 10 (6) | 37 (24) | 22 (14) | 21 (14) |
| 25–44 | 1963 | 380 (19) | 570 (29) | 257 (13) | 559 (29) | 85 (4) | 112 (6) |
| 45–64 | 586 | 109 (19) | 153 (26) | 91 (16) | 162 (28) | 33 (6) | 38 (7) |
| ≥65 | 68 | 20 (29) | 17 (25) | 6 (9) | 17 (25) | 0 (0) | 8 (12) |
| Provinces | |||||||
| Eastern | 2177 | 410 (19) | 598 (28) | 303 (14) | 632 (29) | 99 (5) | 135 (6) |
| Central | 368 | 84 (23) | 102 (28) | 39 (11) | 90 (25) | 31 (8) | 22 (6) |
| Western | 228 | 47 (21) | 74 (33) | 22 (10) | 53 (23) | 10 (4) | 22 (10) |
| Place of residence | |||||||
| Urban | 2098 | 409 (20) | 601 (29) | 275 (13) | 595 (28) | 101 (5) | 117 (6) |
| Suburban | 507 | 98 (19) | 135 (27) | 69 (14) | 141 (28) | 20 (4) | 44 (9) |
| Rural | 168 | 34 (20) | 38 (23) | 20 (12) | 39 (23) | 19 (11) | 18 (11) |
| Education | |||||||
| Less than High School | 167 | 37 (22) | 38 (23) | 21 (13) | 28 (17) | 22 (13) | 21 (13) |
| High School Graduate | 354 | 60 (17) | 96 (27) | 48 (14) | 94 (27) | 31 (9) | 25 (7) |
| Some Junior College | 694 | 140 (20) | 211 (30) | 86 (13) | 181 (26) | 29 (4) | 47 (9) |
| Some Undergraduate | 1277 | 257 (20) | 356 (28) | 170 (13) | 381 (30) | 44 (3) | 69 (5) |
| Some Graduate | 281 | 47 (16) | 73 (26) | 39 (14) | 91 (32) | 14 (5) | 17 (6) |
| Total | 2773 | 541 (20) | 774 (28) | 364 (13) | 775 (28) | 140 (5) | 179 (7) |