Volume 12, Number 3—March 2006
Research
Self-medication with Antimicrobial Drugs in Europe
Table 1
Country | Response rate (%) | No. respondents | Mean age (y) ± SD | Female (%) | Low education level* (%) | Presence of chronic disease (%)† | Urban location (%) |
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Northern and western | |||||||
The Netherlands | 55 | 1,634 | 48 ± 17 | 58 | 30 | 15 | 48 |
Sweden | 69 | 704 | 54 ± 19 | 53 | 53 | 14 | 49 |
Denmark | 63 | 1,881 | 48 ± 17 | 56 | 60 | 14 | 49 |
Austria | 28 | 442 | 49 ± 16 | 50 | 64 | 15 | 53 |
Belgium | 54 | 1,734 | 45 ± 16 | 55 | 32 | 13 | 50 |
Luxembourg | 50 | 675 | 46 ± 18 | 51 | 49 | 15 | 45 |
United Kingdom‡ | 23 | 675 | 50 ± 10 | 58 | 40 | 15 | 58 |
Ireland | 26 | 793 | 48 ± 16 | 59 | 53 | 17 | 47 |
Southern | |||||||
Israel | 18 | 467 | 50 ± 17 | 61 | 19 | 22 | 36 |
Malta | 54 | 541 | 46 ± 16 | 55 | 60 | 21 | 47 |
Italy | 21 | 213 | 45 ± 18 | 61 | 37 | 27 | 51 |
Spain | 20 | 204 | 47 ± 14 | 47 | 31 | 18 | 57 |
Eastern | |||||||
Czech Republic | 59 | 1,169 | 54 ± 15 | 36 | 45 | 27 | 48 |
Slovenia | 38 | 1,143 | 48 ± 17 | 58 | 70 | 20 | 47 |
Croatia | 31 | 615 | 53 ± 16 | 55 | 10 | 26 | 58 |
Poland | 32 | 935 | 45 ± 18 | 60 | 42 | 23 | 52 |
Slovakia | 55 | 546 | 41 ± 16 | 54 | 27 | 23 | 54 |
Romania | 43 | 430 | 50 ± 18 | 49 | 43 | 27 | 43 |
Lithuania | 25 | 747 | 59 ± 18 | 35 | 32 | 39 | 54 |
*Low education level was defined as incomplete primary education, completed primary education, and lower vocational or general education.
†Including any of the following diseases: asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, human immunodeficiency virus infection, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, endocarditis, tuberculosis, prostatitis, chronic urinary tract infection, chronic osteomyelitis, peptic ulcer disease, chronic pyelonephritis or cancer.
‡Reminders were not sent to nonrespondents.
1A copy of the questionnaire is available from the corresponding author on request.
2The adjusted estimates for each country are available from the corresponding author on request.
3Results are available from the corresponding author on request.
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