TABLE 1.

Distribution of the study population by sex and age group.

	Total			Girls			Boys
	N (persons)	N (person-years)	N (prescriptions)	N (persons)	N (person-years)	N (prescriptions)	N (persons)	N (person-years)	N (prescriptions)
Overall Age in years	2,549,757	2,470,692	4,350,140	1,240,059	1,201,381	2,158,914	1,309,698	1,269,311	2,191,226
<2	310,768	231,788	441,068	151,737	113,091	193,329	159,031	118,697	247,739
2–5	561,731	561,700	1,122,794	273,649	273,639	512,882	288,082	288,060	609,912
6–12	937,554	937,525	1,356,536	455,574	455,560	602,311	481,980	481,965	754,225
13–17	739,704	739,679	1,429,742	359,099	359,090	850,392	380,605	380,590	579,350

Note: Prescriptions include drugs available by prescription only.

Identical prescriptions (ATC 5th level) dispensed on the same day were counted only once.