This statistic displays the proportion of individuals who take one or more prescription medicines in England in 2013, by gender and longstanding illness. In this year, 69 percent of men and 78 percent of women with a limiting longstanding illness took at least one prescribed medicine in the last week.
Proportion of individuals taking one or more prescribed medicines in England in 2013, by gender and longstanding illness
* Weighted bases: n (men) = 5,658; n (women) = 5,975. Prescribed medicines exclude smoking cessation products and contraceptives. Longstanding illness is any physical or mental health condition or illness lasting or expected to last 12 months or more. A limiting longstanding illness is one that reduces a person's ability to carry out day-to-day activities.
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (December 10, 2014). Proportion of individuals taking one or more prescribed medicines in England in 2013, by gender and longstanding illness [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/375106/one-or-more-prescribed-medicines-by-gender-and-longstanding-illness-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Proportion of individuals taking one or more prescribed medicines in England in 2013, by gender and longstanding illness." Chart. December 10, 2014. Statista. Accessed June 30, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/375106/one-or-more-prescribed-medicines-by-gender-and-longstanding-illness-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2014). Proportion of individuals taking one or more prescribed medicines in England in 2013, by gender and longstanding illness. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/375106/one-or-more-prescribed-medicines-by-gender-and-longstanding-illness-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Proportion of Individuals Taking One or More Prescribed Medicines in England in 2013, by Gender and Longstanding Illness." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/375106/one-or-more-prescribed-medicines-by-gender-and-longstanding-illness-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Proportion of individuals taking one or more prescribed medicines in England in 2013, by gender and longstanding illness Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/375106/one-or-more-prescribed-medicines-by-gender-and-longstanding-illness-in-england/ (last visited June 30, 2022)
