Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of study sample from 2013 to 2019 1.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| age | 2–8 years | 8424(6.64) | 9252(7.13) | 9703(7.49) | 10,837(7.44) | 11,139(7.33) | 11,696(7.56) | 12,720(7.78) |
| 9–18 years | 5593(4.41) | 5746(4.43) | 5688(4.39) | 6206(4.26) | 6575(4.33) | 6644(4.29) | 7462(4.57) | |
| 19–45 years | 43,714(34.5) | 43,959(33.9) | 43,382(33.5) | 49,683(34.1) | 52,453(34.5) | 53,615(34.6) | 56,393(34.5) | |
| 46–64 years | 37,951(29.9) | 38,426(29.6) | 37,680(29.1) | 42,131(28.9) | 43,425(28.6) | 42,872(27.7) | 44,338(27.1) | |
| 65 years and over | 31,146(24.6) | 32,421(25.0) | 33,106(25.6) | 36,760(25.2) | 38,337(25.2) | 39,956(25.8) | 42,521(26.0) | |
| sex | male | 55,470(43.7) | 56,530(43.6) | 56,944(44.0) | 63,803(43.8) | 65,750(43.3) | 66,418(42.8) | 70,417(43.1) |
| female | 71,358(56.3) | 73,274(56.4) | 72,615(56.0) | 81,814(56.2) | 86,179(56.7) | 88,665(57.2) | 93,017(56.9) |
1 Data were represented as prescriptions (percentage %).