Table 1.
General characteristics of prescriptions and patients with analgesic prescriptions who had a history of myocardial infarction between 2008 and 2015.
| Patients (n, %) | Prescriptions (n, %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 75,131 | 100% | 2,081,705 | 100% |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 54,942 | 73.1 | 1,290,003 | 62.0 |
| Female | 20,189 | 26.9 | 791,702 | 38.0 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 20–29 | 196 | 0.3 | 1558 | 0.1 |
| 30–39 | 2126 | 2.8 | 21,591 | 1.0 |
| 40–49 | 10,293 | 13.7 | 132,499 | 6.4 |
| 50–59 | 19,652 | 26.2 | 361,434 | 17.4 |
| 60–69 | 18,806 | 25.0 | 552,252 | 26.5 |
| 70–79 | 17,056 | 22.7 | 735,109 | 35.3 |
| 80+ | 7002 | 9.3 | 277,262 | 13.3 |
| Type of insurance | ||||
| National health insurance | 67,659 | 90.1 | 1,785,793 | 85.8 |
| Medical aid | 7472 | 9.9 | 295,912 | 14.2 |
| Comorbidity | ||||
| Heart failure | 39,982 | 53.2 | 1,164,319 | 55.9 |
| Arrhythmia | 18,037 | 24.0 | 580,302 | 27.9 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 24,849 | 33.1 | 885,920 | 42.6 |
| Dyslipidemia | 73,025 | 97.2 | 2,035,744 | 97.8 |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 52,664 | 70.1 | 1,715,287 | 82.4 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 35,541 | 47.3 | 1,288,322 | 61.9 |
| Renal failure | 6929 | 9.2 | 215,872 | 10.4 |
| Hypertension | 71,710 | 95.5 | 2,022,066 | 97.1 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 51,965 | 69.2 | 1,557,393 | 74.8 |
| Cancer | 12,148 | 16.2 | 409,877 | 19.7 |