2008 | 2009–2010 | 2011–2012 | 2013–2014 | 2015–2016* | |
n=38 128 | n=70 244 | n=65 796 | n=64 649 | n=46 192 | |
% | % | % | % | % | |
Starter age (years) | |||||
<20 | 58.4 | 62.5 | 63.2 | 64.2 | 65.4 |
20–24 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 14.7 | 14.9 |
25–29 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
30–34 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
35–49 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 6.7 |
Health region (residence) | |||||
Southern/eastern Norway | 53.4 | 53.2 | 53.5 | 53.4 | 53.1 |
Western Norway | 22.5 | 23.0 | 22.8 | 22.8 | 23.3 |
Central Norway | 14.4 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
Northern Norway | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.3 |
Prescriber | |||||
Doctors with no specialty | 21.9 | 23.7 | 27.7 | 31.9 | 33.5 |
General practitioners | 42.1 | 37.3 | 35.1 | 32.7 | 31.1 |
Gynaecologists | 8.9 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
Doctors with other specialties | 6.7 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
Public health nurses/midwives | 20.4 | 26.3 | 25.8 | 24.9 | 24.9 |
*Until 30 June 2016.