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Table 2 The prevalence of five or more (DP ≥ 5) dispensed drugs with and without ATC G031, J012 and N053.

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

  All individuals DP ≥ 5 Females DP ≥ 5
  All drugs ATC G03 excluded ATC J01 excluded ATC N05 excluded All drugs ATC G03 excluded
Age n = 2,227,152 2,131,961 1,997,440 2,111,966 1,356,934 1,262,497
0–9 6.6 6.6 3.6 6.5 5.7 5.7
10–19 6.2 5.2 4.3 5.9 8.3 6.4
20–29 9.9 8.3 7.5 9.1 15.2 11.8
30–39 13.9 12.5 11.2 12.8 19.7 16.7
40–49 18.4 17.4 15.9 16.8 23.8 21.8
50–59 30.2 28.9 27.4 28.3 36.3 33.5
60–69 42.3 41.1 39.4 40.4 46.8 44.4
70–79 62.4 61.6 60.0 60.2 65.5 64.1
80–89 75.1 74.7 73.2 72.7 77.3 76.7
90- 77.7 77.4 75.9 74.7 79.4 79.0
Total 24.4 23.4 21.9 23.2 29.6 27.5
  1. The prevalence (%) of DP ≥ 5 for all individuals and for females, with and without ATC G03, J01, and N05 in Sweden in 2006.
  2. 1 Sex hormones and modulators of the genital system
  3. 2 Antibacterials for systemic use
  4. 3 Psycholeptics