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Table 3 Frequency and proportion of herpes zoster cases with prescription of analgesics and/or PHN diagnosis

From: Incidence of herpes zoster and associated events including stroke—a population-based cohort study

 

2008

2009

2010

Total number of HZ cases 3,914

Total number of HZ cases 4,325

Total number of HZ cases 5,057

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

30 days

60 days

90 days

30 days

60 days

90 days

30 days

60 days

90 days

Prescriptiona

All

190 (4.9)

242 (6.2)

261 (6.7)

205 (4.7)

258 (6.0)

275 (6.4)

195 (3.9)

525 (5.0)

278 (5.5)

Sex

         

 Male

65 (4.1)

89 (5.6)

96 (6.0)

85 (4.9)

107 (6.2)

114 (6.6)

83 (4.1)

103 (5.1)

113 (5.6)

 Female

125 (5.4)

153 (6.6)

165 (7.1)

120 (4.6)

151 (5.8)

161 (6.2)

112 (3.7)

149 (4.9)

165 (5.4)

Age

         

 0–49

19 (1.9)

21 (2.2)

22 (2.3)

16 (1.4)

21 (1.8)

26 (2.2)

18 (1.2)

27 (1.8)

29 (2.0)

 50–54

5 (2.1)

8 (3.3)

10 (4.1)

11 (4.1)

13 (4.8)

13 (4.8)

7 (2.3)

10 (3.2)

13 (4.2)

 55–59

14 (4.5)

14 (4.5)

14 (4.5)

16 (4.8)

24 (7.2)

24 (7.2)

14 (3.4)

17 (4.2)

18 (4.4)

 60–64

12 (3.1)

13 (3.3)

15 (3.8)

19 (4.2)

22 (4.8)

22 (4.8)

21 (4.0)

23 (4.3)

24 (4.5)

 65–69

22 (5.3)

28 (6.7)

30 (7.2)

25 (5.1)

33 (6.7)

34 (6.9)

24 (4.4)

33 (6.1)

36 (6.7)

 70–74

23 (5.2)

28 (6.3)

31 (7.0)

22 (5.1)

27 (6.3)

30 (7.0)

34 (6.4)

43 (8.1)

47 (8.8)

 75–79

34 (7.8)

45 (10.3)

47 (10.8)

32 (7.9)

38 (9.4)

39 (9.7)

29 (6.7)

36 (8.3)

37 (8.6)

 80+

61 (8.8)

85 (12.3)

92 (13.3)

64 (8.3)

80 (10.4)

87 (11.3)

48 (5.9)

63 (7.7)

74 (9.1)

PHN diagnosisb

All

58 (1.5)

68 (1.7)

73 (1.9)

58 (1.3)

66 (1.5)

70 (1.6)

55 (1.1)

66 (1.3)

69 (1.4)

Sex

         

 Male

21 (1.3)

24 (1.5)

26 (1.6)

32 (1.9)

36 (2.1)

38 (2.2)

21 (1.0)

25 (1.2)

27 (1.3)

 Female

37 (1.6)

44 (1.9)

47 (2.0)

26 (1.0)

30 (1.2)

32 (1.2)

34 (1.1)

41 (1.4)

42 (1.4)

Age

         

 0–49

6 (0.6)

7 (0.7)

7 (0.7)

13 (1.1)

14 (1.2)

14 (1.2)

12 (0.8)

13 (0.9)

13 (0.9)

 50–54

1 (0.4)

2 (0.8)

2 (0.8)

3 (1.1)

4 (1.5)

4 (1.5)

3 (1.0)

3 (1.0)

3 (1.0)

 55–59

4 (1.3)

5 (1.6)

5 (1.6)

6 (1.8)

6 (1.8)

7 (2.1)

2 (0.5)

2 (0.5)

2 (0.5)

 60–64

2 (0.5)

3 (0.8)

3 (0.8)

2 (0.4)

3 (0.7)

3 (0.7)

6 (1.1)

7 (1.3)

8 (1.5)

 65–69

5 (1.2)

6 (1.4)

6 (1.4)

3 (0.6)

4 (0.8)

4 (0.8)

5 (0.9)

6 (1.1)

6 (1.1)

 70–74

3 (0.7)

5 (1.1)

6 (1.4)

5 (1.2)

5 (1.2)

6 (1.4)

2 (0.4)

4 (0.8)

5 (0.9)

 75–79

8 (1.8)

9 (2.1)

12 (2.8)

4 (1.0)

7 (1.7)

7 (1.7)

7 (1.6)

9 (2.1)

10 (2.3)

 80+

29 (4.2)

31 (4.5)

32 (4.6)

22 (2.9)

23 (3.0)

25 (3.2)

18 (2.2)

22 (2.7)

22 (2.7)

Prescriptiona and/or diagnosisb

All

240 (6.1)

294 (7.5)

313 (8.0)

251 (5.8)

305 (7.1)

322 (7.5)

240 (4.8)

298 (5.9)

325 (6.4)

Sex

         

 Male

81 (5.1)

105 (6.6)

113 (7.1)

112 (6.5)

134 (7.8)

140 (8.1)

100 (5.0)

122 (6.1)

134 (6.7)

 Female

159 (6.9)

189 (8.2)

200 (8.6)

139 (5.3)

171 (6.6)

182 (7.0)

140 (4.6)

176 (5.8)

191 (6.3)

Age

         

 0–49

25 (2.6)

28 (2.9)

29 (3.0)

27 (2.3)

33 (2.8)

38 (3.3)

29 (2.0)

37 (2.5)

39 (2.6)

 50–54

6 (2.5)

10 (4.1)

12 (5.0)

13 (4.8)

16 (5.9)

16 (5.9)

10 (3.2)

13 (4.2)

16 (5.2)

 55–59

18 (5.8)

19 (6.1)

19 (6.1)

22 (6.6)

28 (8.4)

28 (8.4)

16 (3.9)

19 (4.7)

20 (4.9)

 60–64

14 (3.6)

15 (3.8)

17 (4.4)

21 (4.6)

24 (5.2)

24 (5.2)

26 (4.9)

28 (5.3)

30 (5.7)

 65–69

27 (6.5)

33 (7.9)

35 (8.4)

26 (5.3)

35 (7.1)

36 (7.4)

25 (4.6)

34 (6.3)

37 (6.8)

 70–74

26 (5.8)

31 (7.0)

34 (7.6)

25 (5.8)

30 (7.0)

33 (7.7)

36 (6.8)

45 (8.5)

49 (9.2)

 75–79

41 (9.4)

53 (12.2)

55 (12.6)

35 (8.7)

42 (10.4)

43 (10.7)

33 (7.6)

40 (9.2)

42 (9.7)

 80+

83 (12.0)

105 (15.2)

112 (16.2)

82 (10.6)

97 (12.6)

104 (13.5)

65 (8.0)

82 (10.1)

92 (11.3)

  1. N (%) = Frequency (proportion) among total number of herpes zoster patients who had a prescription/diagnosis. aAccording to ATC codes in Additional file 1: Table S2 bAccording to diagnosis codes in Additional file 1: Table S1