Table 1 Demographic, socio-economic and health characteristics of medication users (n and %)
Medication users (n = 10,231) | ||
|---|---|---|
n | % | |
Sex | ||
Female | 5,543 | 54.2 |
Male | 4,688 | 45.8 |
Age Groups | ||
40–49 | 2,325 | 22.7 |
50–59 | 2,726 | 26.2 |
60–69 | 2,871 | 28.1 |
70–79 | 1,767 | 17.3 |
80 + | 542 | 5.3 |
Education | ||
Primary School | 2,715 | 26.5 |
Upper secondary education | 2,822 | 27.6 |
College/University < 4 years | 1,949 | 19.0 |
College/University ≥ 4 years | 2,522 | 24.7 |
Work situation | ||
Works full time | 4,675 | 45.7 |
Works part time | 886 | 8.7 |
Unemployed | 63 | 0.6 |
Housekeeping | 74 | 0.7 |
Disability benefit recipient or work assessment allowance | 1,304 | 12.7 |
Family income supplement | 15 | 0.1 |
Retired | 3,162 | 30.9 |
Student/military | 27 | 0.3 |
Health status | ||
Very bad | 55 | 0.5 |
Bad | 808 | 7.9 |
Neither bad nor good | 3,414 | 33.4 |
Good | 5,021 | 49.1 |
Excellent | 832 | 8.1 |
Visited the last 12 months? | ||
General practitioner | ||
No | 981 | 9.6 |
Yes | 9,171 | 89.6 |
Pharmacy | ||
No | 1,526 | 14.9 |
Yes | 8,329 | 81.4 |
Low faith in doctor | ||
Not at all | 6,928 | 67.7 |
A little bit | 2,277 | 22.3 |
Moderately | 578 | 5.6 |
Quite a bit | 162 | 1.6 |
A great deal | 76 | 0.7 |
Worry about health | ||
Not at all | 3,534 | 34.5 |
A little bit | 4,671 | 45.7 |
Moderately | 1,298 | 12.7 |
Quite a bit | 453 | 4.4 |
A great deal | 109 | 1.1 |
Anxious or depressed | ||
No | 7,549 | 73.8 |
Slightly | 1,992 | 19.5 |
Moderately | 452 | 4.4 |
Severely | 118 | 1.2 |
Extremely | 16 | 0.2 |