Table 1.

Numbers of disease episodes per infection type in total and with antibiotic prescription for respiratory/ear, urinary tract, gastrointestinal and skin infections, pre-pandemic and in the first pandemic year.

	Episodes			Episodes with Antibiotics
	Pre- Pandemic	Pandemic		Pre- Pandemic	Pandemic
	n	n	RR (CI)	n	n	RR (CI)
Respiratory tract/ear	73,089	56,875	0.77 (CI 0.76 to 0.77) *	15,335	6358	0.41 (CI 0.40 to 0.42) *
Urinary tract	25,703	22,690	0.87 (CI 0.85 to 0.88) *	14,216	12,815	0.89 (CI 0.87 to 0.91) *
Gastrointestinal	9990	5870	0.58 (CI 0.56 to 0.60) *	374	223	0.59 (CI 0.50 to 0.69) *
Skin	13,943	10,580	0.75 (CI 0.73 to 0.77) *	4558	3592	0.78 (CI 0.74 to 0.81) *
Total	122,725	96,015	0.77 (CI 0.76 to 0.78) *	34,483	22,988	0.66 (CI 0.65 to 0.67) *

Total numbers of patients registered: 425,129 pre-pandemic and 432,122 during the pandemic.* Values with a significance level p < 0.05.