Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex

Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex

Sex Ages Medicine group (ATC) Periods Persons with medicines, relative (%)
Total male and female Total age A07 Anti diarr/intest/infl/infect.agents 2022* 0.96
Total male and female Total age A07E Intestinal antiinflammatory agents 2022* 0.49
Total male and female Total age A14 Anabolic agents for systemic use 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age A14B Other anabolic agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age B01 Antithrombotic agents 2022* 10.64
Total male and female Total age B01A Antithrombotic agents 2022* 10.64
Total male and female Total age B06 Other hematological agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age B06A Other hematological agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age C02A Antiadren.agents, centrally acting 2022* 0.07
Total male and female Total age C02B Antiadren.agents, ganglion-blocking 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age C02C Antiadren.agents, peripher. acting 2022* 0.24
Total male and female Total age C02D Arteriolar smooth muscle agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age C03D Potassium-sparing agents 2022* 1.15
Total male and female Total age C03E Diuretics/potassium-sparing agents 2022* 0.07
Total male and female Total age C05A Topic agents hemorrh./anal fissures 2022* 0.29
Total male and female Total age C05C Capillary stabilizing agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age C07 Beta blocking agents 2022* 8.49
Total male and female Total age C07A Beta blocking agents 2022* 8.38
Total male and female Total age C07B Beta blocking agents and thiazides 2022* 0.10
Total male and female Total age C07C Beta block.agents / other diuretics 2022* 0.03
Total male and female Total age C07E Beta blocking agents / vasodilators 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age C09 Agents on renin-angiotensin system 2022* 11.42
Total male and female Total age C09X Other renin angiotensin syst.agents 2022* 0.03
Total male and female Total age C10 Lipid modifying agents 2022* 11.58
Total male and female Total age C10A Lipid modifying agents, plain 2022* 11.46
Total male and female Total age C10B Lipid modifying agents,combinations 2022* 0.14
Total male and female Total age H05B Anti-parathyroid agents 2022* 0.03
Total male and female Total age L Antineoplastic and immunomodul. agents 2022* 2.02
Total male and female Total age L01 Antineoplastic agents 2022* 0.54
Total male and female Total age L01A Alkylating agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age L01X Other antineoplastic agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age L02A Hormones and related agents 2022* 0.22
Total male and female Total age L02B Hormone antagonists/related agents 2022* 0.40
Total male and female Total age M01C Specific antirheumatic agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age N04A Anticholinergic agents 2022* 0.06
Total male and female Total age N04B Dopaminergic agents 2022* 0.46
Total male and female Total age N06B Psychostimul.,adhd agents,nootropic 2022* 1.49
Total male and female Total age P02C Antinematodal agents 2022* 0.08
Total male and female Total age S01B Antiinflammatory agents 2022* 1.42
Total male and female Total age S01J Diagnostic agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age S01L Ocular vascular disorder agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age V04 Diagnostic agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age V04C Other diagnostic agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age V10A Antiinflammatory agents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age V10B Pain palliation,bone seeking agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age A07 Anti diarr/intest/infl/infect.agents 2022* 0.81
Male Total age A07E Intestinal antiinflammatory agents 2022* 0.42
Male Total age A14 Anabolic agents for systemic use 2022* 0.00
Male Total age A14B Other anabolic agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age B01 Antithrombotic agents 2022* 11.89
Male Total age B01A Antithrombotic agents 2022* 11.89
Male Total age B06 Other hematological agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age B06A Other hematological agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age C02A Antiadren.agents, centrally acting 2022* 0.04
Male Total age C02B Antiadren.agents, ganglion-blocking 2022* 0.00
Male Total age C02C Antiadren.agents, peripher. acting 2022* 0.29
Male Total age C02D Arteriolar smooth muscle agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age C03D Potassium-sparing agents 2022* 1.24
Male Total age C03E Diuretics/potassium-sparing agents 2022* 0.04
Male Total age C05A Topic agents hemorrh./anal fissures 2022* 0.25
Male Total age C05C Capillary stabilizing agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age C07 Beta blocking agents 2022* 8.12
Male Total age C07A Beta blocking agents 2022* 8.04
Male Total age C07B Beta blocking agents and thiazides 2022* 0.08
Male Total age C07C Beta block.agents / other diuretics 2022* 0.02
Male Total age C07E Beta blocking agents / vasodilators 2022* 0.00
Male Total age C09 Agents on renin-angiotensin system 2022* 12.19
Male Total age C09X Other renin angiotensin syst.agents 2022* 0.03
Male Total age C10 Lipid modifying agents 2022* 13.01
Male Total age C10A Lipid modifying agents, plain 2022* 12.87
Male Total age C10B Lipid modifying agents,combinations 2022* 0.17
Male Total age H05B Anti-parathyroid agents 2022* 0.03
Male Total age L Antineoplastic and immunomodul. agents 2022* 1.70
Male Total age L01 Antineoplastic agents 2022* 0.55
Male Total age L01A Alkylating agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age L01X Other antineoplastic agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age L02A Hormones and related agents 2022* 0.31
Male Total age L02B Hormone antagonists/related agents 2022* 0.13
Male Total age M01C Specific antirheumatic agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age N04A Anticholinergic agents 2022* 0.07
Male Total age N04B Dopaminergic agents 2022* 0.44
Male Total age N06B Psychostimul.,adhd agents,nootropic 2022* 1.76
Male Total age P02C Antinematodal agents 2022* 0.09
Male Total age S01B Antiinflammatory agents 2022* 1.29
Male Total age S01J Diagnostic agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age S01L Ocular vascular disorder agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age V04 Diagnostic agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age V04C Other diagnostic agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age V10A Antiinflammatory agents 2022* 0.00
Male Total age V10B Pain palliation,bone seeking agents 2022* 0.00
Female Total age A07 Anti diarr/intest/infl/infect.agents 2022* 1.10
Female Total age A07E Intestinal antiinflammatory agents 2022* 0.56
Female Total age A14 Anabolic agents for systemic use 2022* 0.00
Female Total age A14B Other anabolic agents 2022* 0.00
Female Total age B01 Antithrombotic agents 2022* 9.42
Female Total age B01A Antithrombotic agents 2022* 9.42
Female Total age B06 Other hematological agents 2022* 0.00
Female Total age B06A Other hematological agents 2022* 0.00
Female Total age C02A Antiadren.agents, centrally acting 2022* 0.11
Female Total age C02B Antiadren.agents, ganglion-blocking 2022* 0.00
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


This table contains figures on the absolute number of persons to whom in the year concerned medicines were dispensed for which the costs are reimbursed under the statutory basic medical insurance. Also, the number of dispensed defined daily doses (DDDs) are presented. The figures are also expressed as a percentage of the total population in the category concerned. The population includes everybody registered in the Personal Records Database (BRP) and living in the Netherlands at some point in the year concerned. Until 2010 the figures also included medicines dispensed to persons registered in the BRP, but no longer resident in the Netherlands.
Medicines provided to persons in hospitals and nursing homes are not included; medicines provided in residential homes for the elderly are included.

Data are broken down by medicine group, age and sex.

Data available from: 2006

Status of the figures:
Figures for 2022 are provisional.

Changes as of December 20, 2023:
- Provisional figures for 2022 have been added, provisional figures of 2020 and 2021 have been made definite.
- Textual change: the description of drug group Y (Not filled in) has been replaced by Z (Not applicable). However, the underlying resources have remained the same. This category is assigned to products that do not have an ATC code according to the WHO ATC classification system.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the last quarter of 2024.

Description topics

Persons with medicines, relative
Number of persons to whom medicines are dispensed in the year concerned that are reimbursed under the statutory basic medical insurance, expressed as a percentage of the total population of the category concerned registered in the Basic Registration of Persons (BRP) in that year.