This statistic depicts the prescription rate of antibiotics among children in Italy in 2018, broken down by age. According to data, the rate of antibiotic prescription was particularly high among toddlers: 57 percent of infants up to one year of age and 59 percent of children aged between two and three were prescribed antibiotic drugs during that year. By contrast, the prescription rate among children aged between 12 and 17 was significantly lower, at 28 percent.
Share of children being prescribed antibiotics in Italy in 2018, by age group
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Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. (July 18, 2019). Share of children being prescribed antibiotics in Italy in 2018, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 04, 2020, 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 2018, by age group." Chart. July 18, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 04, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/906368/antibiotic-prescription-rate-children-in-italy/
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco. (2019). Share of children being prescribed antibiotics in Italy in 2018, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 04, 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 2018, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Jul 2019, 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 2018, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/906368/antibiotic-prescription-rate-children-in-italy/ (last visited August 04, 2020)
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