Characteristic, n (%) | Whole sample, N = 286 574 | Prescribed antibiotics, N = 249 086 (86.9%) | Not prescribed antibiotics, N = 37 488 (13.1%) |
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Sex | |||
Male | 140 787 (49.1) | 122 352 (49.1) | 18 435 (49.2) |
Female | 145 787 (50.9) | 126 734 (50.9) | 19 053 (50.8) |
Age, years | |||
Mediana | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Interquartile range | 3–20 | 3–19 | 3–23 |
Age, years | |||
0–2 | 55 999 (19.5) | 49 262 (19.8) | 6737 (18.0) |
3–5 | 72 164 (25.2) | 62 704 (25.2) | 9460 (25.2) |
6–10 | 55 968 (19.5) | 48 226 (19.4) | 7742 (20.7) |
11–20 | 32 318 (11.3) | 28 577 (11.5) | 3741 (10.0) |
21–30 | 16 050 (5.6) | 13 984 (5.6) | 2066 (5.5) |
31–40 | 18 510 (6.5) | 16 029 (6.4) | 2481 (6.6) |
41–50 | 14 040 (4.9) | 12 095 (4.9) | 1945 (5.2) |
51–60 | 10 427 (3.6) | 8954 (3.6) | 1473 (3.9) |
61–70 | 6527 (2.3) | 5543 (2.2) | 984 (2.6) |
71–80 | 3334 (1.2) | 2731 (1.1) | 603 (1.6) |
≥81 | 1237 (0.4) | 981 (0.4) | 256 (0.7) |
Asplenic | 47 (0.02) | 45 (0.02) | 2 (0.005) |
Chronic kidney disease | 95 (0.03) | 81 (0.03) | 14 (0.04) |
CSF shunt | 61 (0.02) | 49 (0.02) | 12 (0.03) |
HIV | 15 (0.005) | 14 (0.006) | 1 (0.003) |
Immunocompromised | 151 (0.05) | 137 (0.06) | 14 (0.04) |
Smoker | 14 990 (5.2) | 12 948 (5.2) | 2042 (5.4) |
Transplanted organ | 89 (0.03) | 78 (0.03) | 11 (0.03) |
Diabetes mellitus | 3485 (1.2) | 2980 (1.2) | 505 (1.3) |
↵a Median was used to describe summary of age as data were skewed to the left. CSF = cerebrospinal fluid.