BMC Public Health

Table 4 Estimated antibiotic dispensation rates in western Arctic communities, Edmonton and rural northern Alberta by sex, age and antibiotic class

From: Antibiotic dispensation rates among participants in community-driven health research projects in Arctic Canada

	Western Arctic Communities			Edmonton†		Rural Northern Alberta‡
	n	Rate/ Person/Year	95% CI	Rate/ Person/Year	95% CI	Rate/ Person/Year	95% CI
Total Population	297	0.89	0.84, 0.94	0.555	0.554, 0.556	0.625	0.624, 0.627
Sex
Female	163	1.09	1.02, 1.17	0.662	0.661, 0.664	0.772	0.770, 0.774
Male	134	0.64	0.58, 0.71	0.450	0.449, 0.451	0.491	0.489, 0.492
Age Group
< 20 years	38	0.75	0.63, 0.89	0.493	0.492, 0.495	0.626	0.624, 0.629
20–39 years	89	0.88	0.79, 0.97	0.464	0.462, 0.465	0.543	0.541, 0.544
40–59 years	122	0.85	0.78, 0.93	0.591	0.590, 0.593	0.606	0.604, 0.608
≥ 60 years	48	1.11	0.98, 1.26	0.768	0.765, 0.770	0.862	0.859, 0.866
Antibiotic Class
β-lactams	178	0.31	0.28, 0.33	0.259	0.258, 0.259	0.312	0.311, 0.313
Macrolides	100	0.11	0.09, 0.13	0.097	0.097, 0.097	0.107	0.107, 0.108
Nitroimidazoles	60	0.06	0.05, 0.07	0.001	0.001, 0.001	0.001	0.001, 0.001
Nitrofurans	22	0.04	0.03, 0.05	0.023	0.023, 0.023	0.024	0.024, 0.024
Fluoroquinolones	29	0.03	0.03, 0.04	0.077	0.077, 0.077	0.081	0.080, 0.081
Tetracyclines	16	0.02	0.01, 0.02	0.043	0.043, 0.043	0.036	0.036, 0.036
Rifamycins	1	0.0007	0.000, 0.004	§	–	§	–

†Alberta Government Interactive Health Data Application Edmonton City Centre population including both sexes and all ages during 2010–2013
‡Alberta Government Interactive Health Data Application North Zone population including both sexes and all ages during 2010–2013
§Rifamycin antibiotic usage was not reported in the IHDA dataset
Boldface data are set to differentiate the values in the total row from values in other rows, which represent subsets of the total

Back to article page

ISSN: 1471-2458

Contact us

Submission enquiries: bmcpublichealth@biomedcentral.com
General enquiries: ORSupport@springernature.com