Table 1 Number of cardiovascular medications by different patient characteristics
Percentage of patients in each group on different numbers of cardiovascular drugs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients (% of total) | None | 1 or 2 | 3 or 4 | 5 or 6 | 7 or more | |
All patients | 180815 | 74.6% | 11.9% | 7.8% | 4.0% | 1.7% |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 91739 (50.7%) | 72.7% | 14.1% | 8.0% | 3.7% | 1.6% |
Male | 89076 (49.3%) | 76.6% | 9.7% | 7.6% | 4.2% | 1.9% |
Age, years | ||||||
20 to 39 | 55901 (30.9%) | 97.7% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.02% |
40 to 59 | 68525 (37.9%) | 83.0% | 10.7% | 4.1% | 1.5% | 0.6% |
60 to 79 | 45133 (25.0%) | 46.1% | 21.9% | 17.9% | 9.8% | 4.3% |
80 or more | 11256 (6.2%) | 23.4% | 29.1% | 26.8% | 14.4% | 6.2% |
Deprivation quintile | ||||||
1, least deprived | 31121 (17.2%) | 78.8% | 10.8% | 6.5% | 2.8% | 1.0% |
2 | 37261 (20.6%) | 75.3% | 12.1% | 7.6% | 3.6% | 1.4% |
3 | 45823 (25.3%) | 73.6% | 12.3% | 8.1% | 4.1% | 1.8% |
4 | 36098 (20.0%) | 72.7% | 12.4% | 8.4% | 4.4% | 2.0% |
5, most deprived | 30512 (16.9%) | 73.2% | 11.8% | 8.1% | 4.7% | 2.3% |
Cardiovascular condition | ||||||
Hypertension | 36859 (20.4%) | 12.7% | 35.9% | 30.0% | 14.9% | 6.5% |
IHD | 12353 (6.8%) | 4.8% | 11.5% | 31.1% | 33.0% | 19.6% |
Stroke/TIA | 5800 (3.2%) | 10.9% | 21.8% | 32.6% | 22.7% | 12.0% |
PVD | 5473 (3.0%) | 28.6% | 21.7% | 22.7% | 17.1% | 9.8% |
Atrial fibrillation | 3919 (2.2%) | 7.8% | 15.6% | 27.7% | 27.3% | 21.6% |
Heart failure | 3673 (2.0%) | 5.1% | 14.2% | 26.3% | 29.6% | 24.9% |
Non-cardiovascular comorbidity count | ||||||
None | 74230 (41.2%) | 90.6% | 5.3% | 2.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% |
1 | 44184 (24.4%) | 77.3% | 11.5% | 7.0% | 3.1% | 1.1% |
2 | 27199 (15.0%) | 64.1% | 16.6% | 11.5% | 5.6% | 2.3% |
3 | 16217 (9.0%) | 53.1% | 20.5% | 14.7% | 8.1% | 3.6% |
4 | 9357 (5.2%) | 44.8% | 23.5% | 16.6% | 10.2% | 5.0% |
5 or more | 9628 (5.3%) | 34.3% | 26.3% | 19.6% | 12.5% | 7.3% |
Non-cardiovascular drug count | ||||||
None | 87702 (48.5%) | 89.8% | 5.9% | 3% | 1% | 0.3% |
1 to 3 | 61015 (33.7%) | 70.1% | 14.4% | 9.3% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
4 to 6 | 19311 (10.7%) | 47.4% | 22.3% | 16.4% | 9.7% | 4.2% |
7 to 9 | 7549 (4.2%) | 35.6% | 24.7% | 20.3% | 12.5% | 6.9% |
10 or more | 5238 (2.9%) | 29.4% | 27.6% | 21.2% | 13.2% | 8.6% |