Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex

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Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex
Sex Ages Medicine group (ATC) Periods Persons with medicines, relative (%)
Total male and female Total age A Alimentary tract and metabolism 2022* 24.87
Total male and female Total age A02B Drugs for peptic ulcer and gord 2022* 12.48
Total male and female Total age A03B Belladonna and derivatives, plain 2022* 0.02
Total male and female Total age A03E Antispasmodics and anticholinergics 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age A04 Antiemetics and antinauseants 2022* 0.74
Total male and female Total age A04A Antiemetics and antinauseants 2022* 0.74
Total male and female Total age A05 Bile and liver therapy 2022* 0.10
Total male and female Total age A05C Bile therapy drugs and lipotropics 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age A10A Insulins and analogues 2022* 1.54
Total male and female Total age A11C Vit A and D, incl.combin.of the two 2022* 5.55
Total male and female Total age A11D Vitamin B1,and with vit. B6 and B12 2022* 0.01
Total male and female Total age A16A Oth.aliment.tract and metabol.prod. 2022* 0.02
Total male and female Total age B Blood and blood forming organs 2022* 13.22
Total male and female Total age B02B Vitamin k and other hemostatics 2022* 0.08
Total male and female Total age B03B Vitamin B12 and folic acid 2022* 1.69
Total male and female Total age B05A Blood and related products 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age B05Z Hemodialytics and hemofiltrates 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age C01B Antiarrhythmics, class I and III 2022* 0.39
Total male and female Total age C07B Beta blocking agents and thiazides 2022* 0.10
Total male and female Total age D02 Emollients and protectives 2022* 6.16
Total male and female Total age D02A Emollients and protectives 2022* 6.16
Total male and female Total age D08 Antiseptics and disinfectants 2022* 0.01
Total male and female Total age D08A Antiseptics and disinfectants 2022* 0.01
Total male and female Total age G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 6.73
Total male and female Total age G03B Androgens 2022* 0.14
Total male and female Total age G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age G03H Antiandrogens 2022* 0.02
Total male and female Total age H05A Parathyroid hormones and analogues 2022* 0.01
Total male and female Total age J01E Sulfonamides and trimethoprim 2022* 0.84
Total male and female Total age J06 Immune sera and immunoglobulins 2022* 0.06
Total male and female Total age J07C Bacterial and viral vaccines,combi. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age L Antineoplastic and immunomodul. agents 2022* 2.02
Total male and female Total age L01F Monoclonal antbodies and a.d.c. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age L02A Hormones and related agents 2022* 0.22
Total male and female Total age M02A Joint and muscular pain top. prod. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age M05B Bone structure and mineralization . 2022* 1.23
Total male and female Total age N02B Other analgesics and antipyretics 2022* 0.02
Total male and female Total age N05C Hypnotics and sedatives 2022* 1.33
Total male and female Total age P01C Leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age P03B Insecticides and repellents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age R05 Cough and cold preparations 2022* 3.27
Total male and female Total age R05F Cough suppressants and expectorants 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age S01F Mydriatics and cycloplegics 2022* 0.17
Total male and female Total age S01G Decongestants and antiallergics 2022* 1.39
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A Alimentary tract and metabolism 2022* 6.47
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A02B Drugs for peptic ulcer and gord 2022* 0.50
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A03B Belladonna and derivatives, plain 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A03E Antispasmodics and anticholinergics 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A04 Antiemetics and antinauseants 2022* 1.20
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A04A Antiemetics and antinauseants 2022* 1.20
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A05 Bile and liver therapy 2022* 0.01
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A05C Bile therapy drugs and lipotropics 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A10A Insulins and analogues 2022* 0.15
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A11C Vit A and D, incl.combin.of the two 2022* 0.35
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A11D Vitamin B1,and with vit. B6 and B12 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years A16A Oth.aliment.tract and metabol.prod. 2022* 0.02
Total male and female 0 to 15 years B Blood and blood forming organs 2022* 0.68
Total male and female 0 to 15 years B02B Vitamin k and other hemostatics 2022* 0.01
Total male and female 0 to 15 years B03B Vitamin B12 and folic acid 2022* 0.06
Total male and female 0 to 15 years B05A Blood and related products 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years B05Z Hemodialytics and hemofiltrates 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years C01B Antiarrhythmics, class I and III 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years C07B Beta blocking agents and thiazides 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years D02 Emollients and protectives 2022* 7.63
Total male and female 0 to 15 years D02A Emollients and protectives 2022* 7.63
Total male and female 0 to 15 years D08 Antiseptics and disinfectants 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years D08A Antiseptics and disinfectants 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 0.92
Total male and female 0 to 15 years G03B Androgens 2022* 0.01
Total male and female 0 to 15 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years G03H Antiandrogens 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years H05A Parathyroid hormones and analogues 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years J01E Sulfonamides and trimethoprim 2022* 0.66
Total male and female 0 to 15 years J06 Immune sera and immunoglobulins 2022* 0.11
Total male and female 0 to 15 years J07C Bacterial and viral vaccines,combi. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years L Antineoplastic and immunomodul. agents 2022* 0.14
Total male and female 0 to 15 years L01F Monoclonal antbodies and a.d.c. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years L02A Hormones and related agents 2022* 0.04
Total male and female 0 to 15 years M02A Joint and muscular pain top. prod. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years M05B Bone structure and mineralization . 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years N02B Other analgesics and antipyretics 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years N05C Hypnotics and sedatives 2022* 0.34
Total male and female 0 to 15 years P01C Leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years P03B Insecticides and repellents 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years R05 Cough and cold preparations 2022* 0.11
Total male and female 0 to 15 years R05F Cough suppressants and expectorants 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years S01F Mydriatics and cycloplegics 2022* 0.52
Total male and female 0 to 15 years S01G Decongestants and antiallergics 2022* 1.18
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A Alimentary tract and metabolism 2022* 8.10
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A02B Drugs for peptic ulcer and gord 2022* 1.08
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A03B Belladonna and derivatives, plain 2022* 0.01
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A03E Antispasmodics and anticholinergics 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A04 Antiemetics and antinauseants 2022* 0.43
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A04A Antiemetics and antinauseants 2022* 0.43
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A05 Bile and liver therapy 2022* 0.03
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A05C Bile therapy drugs and lipotropics 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A10A Insulins and analogues 2022* 0.44
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A11C Vit A and D, incl.combin.of the two 2022* 2.48
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A11D Vitamin B1,and with vit. B6 and B12 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 15 to 25 years A16A Oth.aliment.tract and metabol.prod. 2022* 0.01
Source: CBS.
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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.

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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.