Table 1.

Patient characteristics, antibiotic treatment dispensed and rate of complications at 90 days follow-up.

Characteristics	%, (n)
Gender
Male, % (n)	44.7% (108,327)
Female, % (n)	55.3% (134,039)
Age
<3 years, % (n)	8.2% (19,880)
3–15 years, % (n)	57.6% (139,655)
16–45 years, % (n)	29.5% (71,527)
>46 years, % (n)	4.7% (11,304)
Antibiotic treatment
Amoxicillin, % (n)	55.4% (134,266)
Phenoxymethylpenicillin, % (n)	32.6% (79,109)
Amoxicillin/clavulanate, % (n)	3.7% (9077)
Benzathine benzylpenicillin, % (n)	0.1% (267)
Cephalosporin, % (n)	1.9% (4601)
Macrolide, % (n)	6.2% (15,046)
Prescribing physician
Primary	83% (202,120)
-Family physician	29% (70,063)
-Pediatrician	54% (132,057)
Secondary	0.37% (900)
-ENT	0.27% (669)
-Other secondary	0.1% (231)
Unknown	16% (39,346)
Complication rate, 90 days
Peritonsillar and retropharyngeal abscess, % (n)	0.2% (379)
Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, % (n)	0.01% (21)
Rheumatic fever, % (n)	0.02% (46)
Acute rheumatic heart disease, % (n)	0.004% (10)
Post-streptococcal arthritis, % (n)	0.005% (13)
Chorea, % (n)	0.001% (3)
Death, any cause, % (n)	0.002% (4)