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Table 3 Antibiotic use in participants linked to AHD (N = 15,007) stratified by ethnicity

From: Knowledge and use of antibiotics in six ethnic groups: the HELIUS study

 

Ethnicity

Dutch

South-Asian Surinamese

African Surinamese

Ghanaian

Turkish

Moroccan

(N = 2071)

1st gen

(N = 1645)

2nd gen

(N = 452)

1st gen

(N = 2334)

2nd gen

(N = 432)

1st gen

(N = 1789)

2nd gen

(N = 84)

1st gen

(N = 2102)

2nd gen

(N = 776)

1st gen

(N = 2119)

2nd gen

(N = 857)

Duration of insurance at Achmea (in years) between 2010 and 2015, median (IQR)

6.0

(4.0–6.0)

6.0

(6.0–6.0)

6.0

(4.0–6.0)

6.0

(6.0–6.0)

6.0

(5.0–6.0)

6.0

(6.0–6.0)

6.0

(4.0–6.0)

6.0

(96.0–6.0)

6.0

(5.0–6.0)

6.0

(6.0–6.0)

6.0

(4.0–6.0)

Within year prior to HELIUS study visit

 Participants with ≥1 ABP

16%

22%

16%

17%

17%

22%

25%

25%

19%

25%

17%

Number of ABP among all participants included in the AHD

 Mean

0.26

0.39

0.26

0.28

0.28

0.33

0.55

0.40

0.34

0.41

0.28

 Median (IQR)

0.00

(0.0–0.0)

0.00

(0.0–0.0)

0.00

(0.0–0.0)

0.00

(0.0–0.0)

0.00

(0.0–0.0)

0.00

(0.0–0.0)

0.00

(0.0–0.5)

0.00

(0.0–1.0)

0.00

(0.0–0.0)

0.00

(0.0–1.0)

0.00

(0.0–0.0)

Number of ABP among participants with ≥1 ABP

 Mean

1.66

1.75

1.59

1.58

1.64

1.51

2.19

1.57

1.78

1.64

1.63

 Median (IQR)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

2.00 (1.0–3.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

1.00 (1.0–2.0)

During entire insured period

 Participants with ≥1 ABP

51%

63%

53%

56%

51%

62%

49%

69%

59%

67%

54%

Number of ABP per year among all participants included in the AHD

 Mean

0.31

0.46

0.30

0.31

0.30

0.35

0.34

0.44

0.38

0.43

0.33

 Median (IQR)

0.17 (0.0–0.3)

0.17 (0. 0–0.6)

0.17 (0. 0–0.3)

0.17 (0.0–0.3)

0.17 (0.0–0.3)

0.17 (0.0–0.5)

0.00 (0.0–0.7)

0.25 (0.0–0.7)

0.17 (0.0–0.5)

0.17 (0.0–0.6)

0.17 (0.0–0.5)

  1. Abbreviations: ABP Antibiotic Prescription, IQR Inter Quartile Range