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Table 2 Characteristics of the study population: number of persons in the older population and number of persons ( n ) receiving dispensed drugs for mental disorders (MD) (ICD-10: F20-F42), mean age with standard deviation (SD), percentage men and women in the study population, and total number of dispensed drugs for mental disorders

From: Specialist prescribing of psychotropic drugs to older persons in Sweden - a register-based study of 188 024 older persons

 

2006

2007

2008

Older population, total (n)

1 581 437

1 608 413

1 645 081

Persons receiving drugs for MD (n)

104 441

106 665

108 306

Mean age (years) (SD)

77.8 (7.8)

77.8 (7.8)

77.7 (7.9)

Men/Women (%)

35/65

35/65

36/64

Total number of dispensed drugs for MD

639 841

671 071

702 167