Table 3

Distribution of antibiotic (AB) prescriptions by broad groups of indications. Figures are frequencies except where indicated

	2014	%	2015	%	2016	%	2017	%	Total	%
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
AB prescriptions	539 219		494 185		482 917		459 476		1 975 797
Respiratory conditions	168 852	31.3	146 025	29.5	140 263	29.0	129 032	28.1	584 172	29.6
Genitourinary conditions	47 009	8.7	44 544	9.0	42 453	8.8	42 401	9.2	176 407	8.9
Skin conditions	39 579	7.3	35 299	7.1	33 640	7.0	32 003	7.0	140 521	7.1
Eye conditions	1953	0.4	1622	0.3	1586	0.3	1426	0.3	6587	0.3
Non-specific codes	204 395	37.9	191 565	38.8	189 386	39.2	181 018	39.4	766 364	38.8
No medical codes	77 431	14.4	75 130	15.2	75 589	15.7	73 596	16.0	301 746	15.3