This statistic depicts the prescription rate of antibiotics among children in Italy in 2019, broken down by age. According to data, the rate of antibiotic prescription was particularly high among children between two and three years of age: 57 percent were prescribed antibiotic drugs during that year. By contrast, the prescription rate among adolescents aged between 12 and 17 was significantly lower, at 28 percent.
Share of children being prescribed antibiotics in Italy in 2019, by age group
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Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. (August 10, 2020). Share of children being prescribed antibiotics in Italy in 2019, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/906368/antibiotic-prescription-rate-children-in-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. "Share of children being prescribed antibiotics in Italy in 2019, by age group." Chart. August 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/906368/antibiotic-prescription-rate-children-in-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. (2020). Share of children being prescribed antibiotics in Italy in 2019, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/906368/antibiotic-prescription-rate-children-in-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. "Share of Children Being Prescribed Antibiotics in Italy in 2019, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/906368/antibiotic-prescription-rate-children-in-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, Share of children being prescribed antibiotics in Italy in 2019, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/906368/antibiotic-prescription-rate-children-in-italy/ (last visited June 29, 2022)