Share of adults taking 3 or more prescribed medicines in England 2013, by social care

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 10, 2014

This statistic displays the proportion of individuals who take three or more prescription medicines in England in 2013, by gender and by need for and receipt of social care within the last month. In this year, 85 percent of men and 94 percent of women who were in receipt of social care took at least three prescribed medicines in the last week.

Proportion of individuals taking three or more prescribed medicines in England 2013, by gender and by need for and in receipt of social care

Characteristic	Men	Women
No need	58%	54%
Met need	85%	94%
Unmet need	85%	80%

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Release date

December 2014

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

January to December 2013

Number of respondents

3,217*

Age group

65 years and older

Special properties

Aged 65 and over with a nurse visit

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Weighted bases: n (men) =1,462; n (women) = 1,755.
Prescribed medicines exclude smoking cessation products and contraceptives.
Limited to people aged 65 years and over as questions about need for and receipt of social care were not asked of younger people.
This statistic using original data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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