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Table 1 Delivery of inhaled steroids in Sweden to different age groups. The delivery of inhaled steroids was expressed as defined daily doses (DDD)/1000 inhabitants

From: A retrospective population based trend analysis on hospital admissions for lower respiratory illness among Swedish children from 1987 to 2000

Year

              

Age

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

0

0.9

1.2

1.5

1.8

2.1

2.0

3.1

3.9

4.0

4.3

6.4

5.1

4.7

4.3

1

4.3

5.2

6.0

5.5

7.2

7.6

10.7

11.7

13.6

19.4

33.5

19.3

20.3

20.6

2–3

4.3

7.1

8.4

8.0

10.2

10.7

12.2

14.7

18.4

24.1

40.4

21.8

22.4

22.6

4–8

7.4

12.1

14.4

15.4

17.1

18.6

18.1

19.4

19.2

19.9

31.7

15.3

16.1

17.7

Total

16.8

25.5

30.3

30.7

36.6

38.8

44.2

49.8

55.1

67.8

112.0

61.5

63.6

65.2