Oral iron use, by DOPPS country and cross-section

  N Ptnts Wgtd % Total N
DOPPS Country DOPPS Cross-section 996 11.0% 9,117
All DOPPS 2(2002)
DOPPS 3(2006) 937 11.0% 8,552
DOPPS 3(2007) 897 11.5% 7,672
AusNZ DOPPS 2(2002) 58 11.6% 513
DOPPS 3(2006) 18 3.8% 527
DOPPS 3(2007) 19 3.7% 486
Belgium DOPPS 2(2002) 125 23.3% 538
DOPPS 3(2006) 25 4.8% 509
DOPPS 3(2007) 16 4.7% 420
Canada DOPPS 2(2002) 113 18.3% 601
DOPPS 3(2006) 128 24.7% 551
DOPPS 3(2007) 103 23.1% 445
France DOPPS 2(2002) 26 4.9% 528
DOPPS 3(2006) 63 11.5% 551
DOPPS 3(2007) 51 9.7% 543
Germany DOPPS 2(2002) 53 9.5% 571
DOPPS 3(2006) 31 5.1% 583
DOPPS 3(2007) 28 4.4% 623
Italy DOPPS 2(2002) 10 1.7% 576
DOPPS 3(2006) 7 1.3% 533
DOPPS 3(2007) 6 1.1% 542
Japan DOPPS 2(2002) 66 3.6% 1,805
DOPPS 3(2006) 506 27.4% 1,832
DOPPS 3(2007) 531 28.5% 1,867
Spain DOPPS 2(2002) 32 5.2% 613
DOPPS 3(2006) 8 1.1% 666
DOPPS 3(2007) 8 1.5% 555
Sweden DOPPS 2(2002) 247 45.4% 547
DOPPS 3(2006) 9 1.4% 542
DOPPS 3(2007) 14 3.0% 511
UK DOPPS 2(2002) 32 5.9% 565
DOPPS 3(2006) 83 18.6% 445
DOPPS 3(2007) 81 21.8% 351
US DOPPS 2(2002) 234 10.5% 2,260
DOPPS 3(2006) 59 3.5% 1,813
DOPPS 3(2007) 40 3.2% 1,329

Medications reported as prescribed (not necessarily taken) in previous four months, among all patients

Please see additional methodological information in the Data Sources and Methods section.