Table 2 Number of patients with medication adverse events recorded, by patient group
From: Adverse events recording in electronic health record systems in primary care
N | Per 1000 patients | |
|---|---|---|
Gender | ||
Male | 2584 | 4.3 |
Female | 5746 | 9.4 |
Age | ||
0–4 | 132 | 2.3 |
5–17 | 269 | 1.5 |
18–44 | 2085 | 5.1 |
45–64 | 2321 | 6.7 |
65–74 | 1671 | 13.5 |
75–84 | 1315 | 19.9 |
85+ | 537 | 21.9 |
Number of different medicines prescribed | ||
0 | 148 | 0.4 |
1–4 | 2174 | 4.0 |
5–9 | 2888 | 14.5 |
≥ 10 | 3120 | 34.4 |
Number of chronic diseases | ||
0 | 2289 | 3.1 |
1 | 2039 | 7.5 |
2 | 1564 | 14.4 |
> 2 | 2438 | 26.5 |