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Table 1 The prevalence of one or more (DP ≥ 1) and five or more (DP ≥ 5) dispensed drugs related to age and gender.

From: Dispensed drugs and multiple medications in the Swedish population: an individual-based register study

  DP ≥ 1 DP ≥ 5 RR for females
  All Females Males All Females Males DP ≥ 1 DP ≥ 5
Age n = 6,146,679 3,466,243 2,680,436 2,227,152 1,356,934 870,218   
0–9 57.3 55.8 58.8 6.6 5.7 7.3 0.9 0.8
10–19 49.0 58.4 40.1 6.2 8.3 4.1 1.5 2.0
20–29 58.4 76.4 41.2 9.9 15.2 5.0 1.8 3.1
30–39 62.5 75.3 50.3 13.9 19.7 8.4 1.5 2.3
40–49 64.3 73.3 55.6 18.4 23.8 13.2 1.3 1.8
50–59 75.8 82.5 69.3 30.2 36.3 24.3 1.2 1.5
60–69 80.1 83.6 76.5 42.3 46.8 37.7 1.1 1.2
70–79 90.8 92.3 89.0 62.4 65.5 58.7 1.0 1.1
80–89 94.5 95.1 93.5 75.1 77.3 71.6 1.0 1.1
90- 93.3 93.6 92.4 77.7 79.4 73.3 1.0 1.1
Total 67.4 75.6 59.3 24.4 29.6 19.2 1.3 1.5
  1. The prevalence (%) of DP ≥ 1 and DP ≥ 5 related to age and gender and the relative risk (RR) for females vs. males with DP ≥ 1 and DP ≥ 5 in Sweden in 2006.