Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex

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Ages Medicine group (ATC) Persons with medicines, relative (%)
Total age A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 21.51
C01 Cardiac therapy 2.50
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.45
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.34
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 1.38
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.07
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.66
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
0 to 14 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 0.76
C01 Cardiac therapy 0.48
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.00
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.47
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 0.00
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.00
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.00
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
15 to 24 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 2.02
C01 Cardiac therapy 0.45
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.00
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.42
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 0.00
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.02
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.03
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
25 to 34 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 3.09
C01 Cardiac therapy 0.40
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.00
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.34
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 0.02
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.03
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.08
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
35 to 44 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 6.26
C01 Cardiac therapy 0.49
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.01
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.27
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 0.13
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.04
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.18
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
45 to 54 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 16.69
C01 Cardiac therapy 1.18
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.05
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.28
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 0.64
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.08
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.47
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
55 to 64 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 34.40
C01 Cardiac therapy 2.78
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.23
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.31
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 1.77
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.12
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.99
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
65 to 74 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 54.95
C01 Cardiac therapy 5.61
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.88
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.34
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 3.44
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.17
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 1.75
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
75 years or older A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 69.93
C01 Cardiac therapy 10.92
C01A Cardiac glycosides 3.09
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.24
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 6.52
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.18
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 2.28
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
0 to 4 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 0.59
C01 Cardiac therapy 0.35
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.00
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.34
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 0.00
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.00
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.00
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
5 to 9 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
C Cardiovascular system 0.75
C01 Cardiac therapy 0.57
C01A Cardiac glycosides 0.00
C01C Cardiac stimulants excl. glycosides 0.56
C01D Vasodilators used in card. diseases 0.00
C01E Other cardiac preparations 0.00
C08D Sel.calcium ch.block.direct cardiac 0.00
V09G Cardiovascular system 0.00
10 to 14 years A07C Electrolytes with carbohydrates 0.00
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 2024 are provisional, figures for previous years are final.

Changes as of December 18, 2025:
- Provisional figures for 2024 have been added, provisional figures of 2023 have been made definite.
- Figures for 2024 do not include DDD's as they are insufficiently reliable.

When will new figures be published?
New figures will be published in the last quarter of 2026.

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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.