Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex

Edit table Show description

Persons with dispensed medicines; age and sex
Sex Ages Medicine group (ATC) Periods Persons with medicines, relative (%)
Total male and female Total age G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 6.73
Total male and female Total age G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 3.34
Total male and female Total age G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female Total age H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 7.59
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 G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 0.75
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 G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 15 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 1.17
Total male and female 15 to 25 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 15.16
Total male and female 15 to 25 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 13.89
Total male and female 15 to 25 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 15 to 25 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 15 to 25 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 1.63
Total male and female 25 to 35 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 3.66
Total male and female 25 to 35 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 1.58
Total male and female 25 to 35 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 25 to 35 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 25 to 35 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 3.08
Total male and female 35 to 45 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 3.87
Total male and female 35 to 45 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 1.85
Total male and female 35 to 45 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 35 to 45 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 35 to 45 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 5.10
Total male and female 45 to 55 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 4.78
Total male and female 45 to 55 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 2.81
Total male and female 45 to 55 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 45 to 55 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 45 to 55 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 7.83
Total male and female 55 to 65 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 5.78
Total male and female 55 to 65 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 2.46
Total male and female 55 to 65 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 55 to 65 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 55 to 65 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 11.30
Total male and female 65 to 75 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 9.14
Total male and female 65 to 75 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 1.85
Total male and female 65 to 75 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 65 to 75 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.01
Total male and female 65 to 75 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 15.56
Total male and female 75 years or older G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 14.04
Total male and female 75 years or older G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 1.93
Total male and female 75 years or older G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 75 years or older G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.01
Total male and female 75 years or older H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 19.79
Total male and female 0 to 5 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 0.11
Total male and female 0 to 5 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 0.04
Total male and female 0 to 5 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 5 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 0 to 5 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 1.51
Total male and female 5 to 10 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 0.25
Total male and female 5 to 10 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 0.02
Total male and female 5 to 10 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 5 to 10 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 5 to 10 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 0.96
Total male and female 10 to 15 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 2.27
Total male and female 10 to 15 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 2.09
Total male and female 10 to 15 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 10 to 15 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 10 to 15 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 1.04
Total male and female 15 to 20 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 20.76
Total male and female 15 to 20 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 20.05
Total male and female 15 to 20 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 15 to 20 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 15 to 20 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 1.40
Total male and female 20 to 25 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 10.35
Total male and female 20 to 25 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 8.61
Total male and female 20 to 25 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 20 to 25 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 20 to 25 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 1.83
Total male and female 25 to 30 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 3.38
Total male and female 25 to 30 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 1.39
Total male and female 25 to 30 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 25 to 30 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 25 to 30 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 2.52
Total male and female 30 to 35 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 3.94
Total male and female 30 to 35 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 1.76
Total male and female 30 to 35 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 30 to 35 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 30 to 35 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 3.64
Total male and female 35 to 40 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 3.93
Total male and female 35 to 40 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 1.83
Total male and female 35 to 40 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 35 to 40 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 35 to 40 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 4.64
Total male and female 40 to 45 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 3.81
Total male and female 40 to 45 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 1.88
Total male and female 40 to 45 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 40 to 45 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 40 to 45 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 5.58
Total male and female 45 to 50 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 4.17
Total male and female 45 to 50 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 2.27
Total male and female 45 to 50 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 45 to 50 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 45 to 50 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 6.88
Total male and female 50 to 55 years G Genito urinary system and sex hormones 2022* 5.30
Total male and female 50 to 55 years G03 Sex hormones, modulators genit.syst. 2022* 3.26
Total male and female 50 to 55 years G03E Androgens / female sex hormon.comb. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 50 to 55 years G03X Oth.sex horm./modulat.genital syst. 2022* 0.00
Total male and female 50 to 55 years H Systemic hormonal prep,ex.sex hormones 2022* 8.62
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.