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Table 4 Proportions of the different antibiotic groups (number of prescriptions)

From: Use of antibiotics in rural and urban regions in the Netherlands: an observational drug utilization study

 

Rural (n = 183 947)

%

Urban (n = 626 584)

%

P*

J01A (tetracyclins)

42 604

23.16

13 4594

21.48

<0.001

J01B (amfenicoles)

3

0.002

9

0.001

0.877

J01C (penicillins)

71 644

38.95

20 1984

32.24

<0.001

J01D(cephalosporins)

1012

0.55

4520

0.72

<0.001

J01E (sulfonamide/trimethoprim)

20 025

10.89

88 906

14.19

<0.001

J01F (macrolids)

22 025

11.97

67 981

10.85

<0.001

J01G (aminoglycosids)

323

0.18

510

0.08

<0.001

J01M (fluorochinolons)

10 163

5.52

53 375

8.52

<0.001

J01X (miscellaneous)

16 148

8.79

74 705

11.92

<0.001

  1. * X 2 test.