Table 4
Top five prescription medications used, by sex, age group and medication class, household population aged 25 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 4
Top five prescription medications used, by sex, age group and medication class, household population aged 25 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Top five prescription medications used. The information is grouped by Age group, medication class (appearing as row headers), Number '000 , Prevalence, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Age group, medication class Number '000 Prevalence
% 95% confidence interval
from to
Men  
Total 25 to 79  
Lipid-modifying agents, plain 1,697.6 15.9Note * 14.0 17.7
Ace inhibitors, plain 978.1 9.1Note * 7.6 10.7
Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 836.3 7.8 6.1 9.5
Beta-blocking agents 730.3 6.8Note * 5.6 8.1
Other analgesics and anti-pyretics 677.7 6.3Note * 5.4 7.3
25 to 44  
Anti-depressants 190.8Note E: Use with caution 4.2Note * 2.4 6.0
Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 163.9Note E: Use with caution 3.6 1.9 5.4
Adrenergics, Inhalants 89.9Note E: Use with caution 2.0 0.8 3.2
Lipid-modifying agents, plain <149.2Note  <3.3Note  Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Ace inhibitors, plain 77.1Note E: Use with caution 1.7Note * 0.9 2.5
45 to 64  
Lipid-modifying agents, plain 877.0 18.9Note * 15.7 22.0
Ace inhibitors, plain 477.7 10.3Note * 7.8 12.7
Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 421.7Note E: Use with caution 9.1 5.9 12.2
Anti-depressants 381.9 8.2 5.6 10.9
Other analgesics and anti-pyretics 364.7 7.8Note * 6.1 9.6
65 to 79        
Lipid-modifying agents, plain 738.7 47.9Note * 42.0 53.7
Ace inhibitors, plain 422.7 27.4Note * 21.5 33.3
Beta-blocking agents 359.7 23.3Note * 17.8 28.9
Other analgesics and anti-pyretics 281.7 18.3 14.5 22.0
Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 250.7 16.3 11.5 21.0
Women  
Total 25 to 79  
Anti-depressants 1,514.0 13.7Note * 11.3 16.1
Lipid-modifying agents, plain 1,205.2 10.9 9.3 12.5
Thyroid 1,082.5 9.8Note * 8.3 11.3
Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 1,011.8 9.2 7.5 10.8
Ace inhibitors, plain 659.6 6.0 4.9 7.1
25 to 44  
Systemic use hormonal contraceptives 513.1 11.4Note * 8.5 14.3
Anti-depressants 415.2 9.3Note E: Use with caution 6.0 12.5
Thyroid 194.5 4.3Note *Note E: Use with caution 2.6 6.1
Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 119.1 2.7Note E: Use with caution 1.4 3.9
Adrenergics, inhalants 105.3 2.3Note E: Use with caution 1.5 3.2
N03A 89.1 2.0 0.2 3.7
B03A 62.6 1.4 0.6 2.2
45 to 64  
Anti-depressants 846.4 17.2Note * 14.3 20.2
Lipid-modifying agents, plain 563.9 11.5 8.8 14.2
Thyroid 536.7 10.9Note * 8.5 13.4
Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 522.2 10.6 8.0 13.2
Estrogens 325.9 6.6Note * 4.9 8.4
C09A 323.8 6.6 4.7 8.5
N03A 255.6 5.2 2.8 7.6
65 to 79  
Lipid-modifying agents, plain 584.7 35.6 30.6 40.6
Drugs for peptic ulcer and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) 370.4 22.5 17.6 27.4
Thyroid 351.2 21.4Note * 16.9 25.8
Ace inhibitors, plain 304.9 18.5 14.4 22.7
Beta-blocking agents 275.3 16.7 12.7 20.8
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