Table 3 Drug prescribing by gender, age and region (N = 1281)

N (%)

1042 (81.3)

239 (18.7)

828 (64.6)

330 (25.8)

123 (9.6)

439 (34.3)

842 (65.7)

Mean number of drugs^*

3.2

3.3

3.0

3.5

3.9

3.3

3.1

SD

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.5

1.4

% IV injections

31.4

29.7

23.4

37.9

64.2

37.2

19.4

% non IV injections

45.9

44.4

40.2

55.2

56.1

50.2

36.7

% Antibiotics

53.8

49.0

48.7

61.8

57.7

56.7

45.8

% Vitamins

62.5

54.4

62.0

59.1

59.4

62.2

58.5