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Table 2 Characteristics of the population’s prescription drug use

From: Can gender difference in prescription drug use be explained by gender-related morbidity?: a study on a Swedish population during 2006

  

Prescription drug use in total population

Variables

 

Yes

No

  

N (%)

N (%)

All

 

205827 (66)

108150 (35)

Gender

Female

121682 (77)

37021 (23)

 

Male

84145 (54)

71129 (46)

Age

20-29

23916 (51)

23289 (49)

 

30-39

27666 (53)

24568 (47)

 

40-49

30419 (56)

24293 (44)

 

50-59

34946 (65)

19045 (35)

 

60-69

36745 (73)

11376 (34)

 

70-79

27643 (87)

4038 (13)

 

80-

24492 (94)

1541 (6)

Multi-morbidity level

0

26822 (26)

75013 (74)

 

1

30364 (69)

13491 (31)

 

2

51674 (80)

12913 (20)

 

3

82988 (93)

6595 (7)

 

4

10775 (99)

126 (1)

 

5

3204 (99.6)

12 (0.4)

  1. N – Number of observations.