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Table 1 Patients by age and gender

From: NOACs replace VKA as preferred oral anticoagulant among new patients: a drug utilization study in 560 pharmacies in The Netherlands

Age group

NOAC

VKA

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Nr of patients

pct in age group

Nr of patients

pct in age group

Nr of patients

Nr of patients

pct in age group

Nr of patients

pct in age group

Total

0-9

     

34

59%

24

41%

58

10-19

14

41%

20

59%

34

117

36%

206

64%

323

20-29

66

46%

76

54%

142

386

29%

925

71%

1311

30-39

170

53%

148

47%

318

950

40%

1451

60%

2401

40-49

762

59%

539

41%

1301

3276

49%

3343

51%

6619

50-59

2343

58%

1671

42%

4014

7691

64%

4297

36%

11,988

60-69

5656

54%

4791

46%

10,447

15,638

62%

9759

38%

25,397

70-79

5228

49%

5428

51%

10,656

17,509

54%

15,211

46%

32,720

80-89

1906

40%

2831

60%

4737

10,212

40%

15,063

60%

25,275

90-99

193

33%

389

67%

582

1100

27%

3039

73%

4139

100-109

1

17%

5

83%

6

7

19%

29

81%

36

110-119

     

1

50%

1

50%

2

Total

16,339

51%

15,898

49%

32,237

56,921

52%

53,348

48%

110,269