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Table 2 The prevalence of five or more (DP ≥ 5) dispensed drugs with and without ATC G03¹, J01² and N05³.

From: Dispensed drugs and multiple medications in the Swedish population: an individual-based register study

	All individuals DP ≥ 5				Females DP ≥ 5
	All drugs	ATC G03 excluded	ATC J01 excluded	ATC N05 excluded	All drugs	ATC G03 excluded
Age	n = 2,227,152	2,131,961	1,997,440	2,111,966	1,356,934	1,262,497
0–9	6.6	6.6	3.6	6.5	5.7	5.7
10–19	6.2	5.2	4.3	5.9	8.3	6.4
20–29	9.9	8.3	7.5	9.1	15.2	11.8
30–39	13.9	12.5	11.2	12.8	19.7	16.7
40–49	18.4	17.4	15.9	16.8	23.8	21.8
50–59	30.2	28.9	27.4	28.3	36.3	33.5
60–69	42.3	41.1	39.4	40.4	46.8	44.4
70–79	62.4	61.6	60.0	60.2	65.5	64.1
80–89	75.1	74.7	73.2	72.7	77.3	76.7
90-	77.7	77.4	75.9	74.7	79.4	79.0
Total	24.4	23.4	21.9	23.2	29.6	27.5

The prevalence (%) of DP ≥ 5 for all individuals and for females, with and without ATC G03, J01, and N05 in Sweden in 2006.
¹ Sex hormones and modulators of the genital system
² Antibacterials for systemic use
³ Psycholeptics

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