Table 1

Percentage distribution of children at the index prescription by active substance and age strata

	≥1 year		2–5 years		6–9 years		10–13 years		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Amoxicillin clavulanate	25 858	41.1	91 630	46.0	51 146	46.3	21 699	42.2	190 333	44.9
Amoxicillin	22 350	35.5	46 730	23.4	21 789	19.7	9696	18.9	100 565	23.7
Clarithromycin	3286	5.2	15 838	7.9	11 136	10.1	6581	12.8	36 841	8.7
Azithromycin	2577	4.1	13 835	6.9	9885	8.9	6298	12.3	32 595	7.7
Cefixime	2499	4.0	8765	4.4	4816	4.4	2368	4.6	18 448	4.3
Cefaclor	2917	4.6	9087	4.6	3602	3.3	817	1.6	16 423	3.9
Cefpodoxime	1772	2.8	6797	3.4	3863	3.5	1572	3.1	14 004	3.3
Ceftibuten	836	1.3	2595	1.3	1237	1.1	423	0.8	5091	1.2
Fosfomycin	47	0.1	862	0.4	837	0.8	389	0.8	2135	0.5
Cefuroxime	195	0.3	782	0.4	531	0.5	311	0.6	1819	0.4
Other	291	0.5	1.087	0.5	786	0.7	711	1.4	2875	0.7
>one antibiotic	293	0.5	1.392	0.7	951	0.9	515	1.0	3151	0.7
Total	62 921	100	199 400	100	110 579	100	51 380	100	424 280	100