Table 1

Number of episodes and antibiotic treatment for AOM (cohort 1), tonsillitis (cohort 2), sinusitis (cohort 3) and sinusitis/acute URTIs of multiple and unspecified sites in combination (cohort 4) in Stockholm County from 2006 to 2015

AOMTonsillitisSinusitisSinusitis/acute URTI unspecified
No antibiotic treatmentTreated with antibioticsNo antibiotic treatmentTreated with antibioticsNo antibiotic treatmentTreated with antibioticsNo antibiotic treatmentTreated with antibiotics
n, %n, %n, %n, %n, %n, %n, %n, %
20066414 (12)47 657 (88)20 496 (27)54 998 (73)3744 (14)23 586 (86)108 735 (64)61 658 (36)
20076971 (12)53 050 (88)23 262 (26)66 098 (74)4364 (14)26 703 (86)123 484 (64)68 564 (36)
20088374 (13)55 350 (87)25 857 (27)71 041 (73)5065 (17)25 057 (83)138 906 (69)62 195 (31)
20098260 (15)47 543 (85)27 007 (29)67 040 (71)5942 (22)21 440 (78)149 417 (74)51 323 (26)
201010 266 (18)47 248 (82)27 024 (28)68 774 (72)7361 (26)20 737 (74)160 610 (76)52 044 (24)
20118773 (18)41 111 (82)23 635 (25)70 060 (75)7531 (28)19 497 (72)167 915 (77)50 351 (23)
20129464 (19)39 697 (81)24 299 (24)78 428 (76)8377 (30)19 988 (70)172 164 (78)49 398 (22)
20137933 (19)33 613 (81)20 069 (27)54 321 (73)7150 (29)17 245 (71)160 925 (80)39 023 (20)
20148271 (19)35 656 (81)20 794 (28)53 111 (72)6453 (28)16 376 (72)161 070 (81)38 395 (19)
20157858 (19)34 437 (81)19 956 (27)53 786 (73)6949 (29)16 771 (71)172 759 (82)38 556 (18)
2006–201582 584 (16)435 362 (84)232 399 (27)637 657 (73)62 936 (23)207 400 (77)1 515 985 (75)511 507 (25)
  • AOM, acute otitis media; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection.