Skip to main content

Table 3 Frequency of ATC codes prescribed to the study population

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

ATC

Chem. Sub.

ICD

2006

2007

2008

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

N03AE01

Clonazepam

42

1015

0.97

0.91-1.03

1082

1.01

0.95-1.07

1097

1.01

0.95-1.07

N03AF01

Carbamazepin

31

7917

7.58

7.42-7.74

7877

7.38

7.23-7.54

7814

7.21

7.06-7.37

N03AG01

Valproic acid

31

2220

2.13

2.04-2.21

2308

2.16

2.08-2.25

2377

2.19

2.11-2.28

N03AX09

Lamotrigine

31

1259

1.21

1.14-1.27

1436

1.35

1.28-1.42

1691

1.56

1.49-1.64

N03AX16

Pregabalin

41

2641

2.53

2.43-2.62

3982

3.73

3.62-2.85

5231

4.83

4.70-4.96

N04BC05

Pramipexole

30-39

6188

5.92

5.78-6.07

7807

7.32

7.16-7.48

9093

8.40

8.23-8.56

N05BA01

Diazepam

20-39, 41

20075

19.22

18.98-19.46

19315

18.11

17.88-18.34

18477

17.06

16.84-17.28

N05BA04

Oxazepam

20-39, 41

41521

39.76

39.46-40.05

41725

39.12

38.82-39.41

41226

38.06

37.78-38.35

N05BA06

Lorazepam

20-39, 41

1175

1.13

1.06-1.19

1119

1.05

0.99-1.11

1093

1.01

0.95-1.07

N05BA12

Alprazolam

20-39, 41

3992

3.82

3.71-3.94

3910

3.67

3.55-3.78

3819

3.53

3.42-3.64

N05BE01

Buspirone

30-39, 41

473

0.45

0.41-0.49

422

0.40

0.36-0.43

401

0.37

0.33-0.41

N06AA04

Clomipramine

20-29, 41-42

2841

2.72

2.62-2.82

2827

2.65

2.55-2.75

2739

2.53

2.44-2.62

N06AA06

Trimipramine

20-39

342

0.33

0.29-0.36

196

0.18

0.16-0.21

48

0.04

0.03-0.06

N06AA09

Amitriptyline

20-39

11914

11.41

11.21-11.60

11907

11.16

10.97-11.35

12275

11.33

11.14-11.52

N06AA10

Nortriptyline

20-39

381

0.36

0.33-0.40

367

0.34

0.31-0.38

307

0.28

0.25-0.32

N06AA21

Maprotiline

20-39

413

0.40

0.36-0.43

342

0.32

0.29-0.35

322

0.30

0.26-0.33

N06AG02

Moclobemide

30-39

186

0.18

0.15-0.20

167

0.16

0.13-0.18

152

0.14

0.12-0.16

N06AX02

Tryptophan

30-39

36

0.03

0.02-0.05

37

0.03

0.02-0.05

28

0.03

0.02-0.04

N06AX03

Mianserin

30-39

1575

1.51

1.43-1.58

1527

1.43

1.36-1.50

1523

1.41

1.34-1.48

N06AX11

Mirtazapine

30-39

9296

8.90

8.73-9.07

10581

9.92

9.74-10.10

11500

10.62

10.43-10.80

N06AX12

Bupropion

30-39

1552

1.49

1.31-1.56

1264

1.19

1.12-1.25

838

0.77

0.72-0.83

N06AX16

Venlafaxine

30-39

3792

3.63

3.52-3.74

3848

3.61

3.50-3.72

4126

3.81

3.70-3.92

N06AX18

Reboxetin

30-39, 41

91

0.09

0.07-0.11

74

0.07

0.05-0.09

91

0.08

0.07-0.10

N06AX21

Duloxetine

30-39

1480

1.42

1.35-1.49

1602

1.50

1.43-1.57

2036

1.88

1.80-1.96

N06BA07

Modafinil

30-39

95

0.09

0.07-0.11

125

0.12

0.10-0.14

136

0.13

0.10-0.15

  1. ATC codes (ATC), the corresponding chemical substances (Chem. Sub.) and ICD-10 codes F20-42 (ICD) (Chapter V Mental and behavioral disorders) to which the ATC codes can be prescribed, number of older persons (n) prescribed each of ATC-codes level 5 and percentage (%) of the older population being prescribed drugs for mental disorders, with 95% CI, during 2006, 2007 and 2008