Table 3 Average number of prescriptions per year, per user of antibiotics, stratified by 3 separate years and by age and sex

Total

1.70

1.71

0.400

1.72

1.76

0.525

1.80

1.82

<0.001

0-19 years

1.64

1.47

<0.001

1.58

1.50

0.002

1.55

1.47

<0.001

20-45 years

1.55

1.49

0.003

1.56

1.50

0.001

1.57

1.47

<0.001

46-70 years

1.72

1.80

0.129

1.75

1.83

0.008

1.79

1.81

0.802

71 and older

2.28

2.22

0.606

2.29

2.44

0.047

2.66

2.84

0.533

male

1.60

1.63

0.332

1.62

1.66

0.329

1.65

1.63

0.019

female

1.77

1.76

0.022

1.79

1.83

0.582

1.91 ^*2

1.91

<0.001