Oral vitamin D use, by DOPPS country and cross-section

  N Ptnts Wgtd % Total N
DOPPS Country DOPPS Cross-section 2,937 32.2% 9,117
All DOPPS 2(2002)
DOPPS 3(2006) 3,023 35.3% 8,552
DOPPS 3(2007) 2,879 37.4% 7,672
AusNZ DOPPS 2(2002) 248 47.9% 513
DOPPS 3(2006) 275 52.5% 527
DOPPS 3(2007) 300 59.4% 486
Belgium DOPPS 2(2002) 185 34.3% 538
DOPPS 3(2006) 229 44.6% 509
DOPPS 3(2007) 218 52.6% 420
Canada DOPPS 2(2002) 274 44.3% 601
DOPPS 3(2006) 268 48.7% 551
DOPPS 3(2007) 249 56.2% 445
France DOPPS 2(2002) 183 34.8% 528
DOPPS 3(2006) 194 35.4% 551
DOPPS 3(2007) 204 38.1% 543
Germany DOPPS 2(2002) 325 57.1% 571
DOPPS 3(2006) 367 61.9% 583
DOPPS 3(2007) 398 62.5% 623
Italy DOPPS 2(2002) 164 28.3% 576
DOPPS 3(2006) 213 40.1% 533
DOPPS 3(2007) 202 37.0% 542
Japan DOPPS 2(2002) 817 45.1% 1,805
DOPPS 3(2006) 746 40.5% 1,832
DOPPS 3(2007) 762 40.6% 1,867
Spain DOPPS 2(2002) 129 21.2% 613
DOPPS 3(2006) 129 19.5% 666
DOPPS 3(2007) 49 9.5% 555
Sweden DOPPS 2(2002) 286 52.3% 547
DOPPS 3(2006) 262 48.5% 542
DOPPS 3(2007) 245 48.4% 511
UK DOPPS 2(2002) 235 42.4% 565
DOPPS 3(2006) 243 54.4% 445
DOPPS 3(2007) 198 57.3% 351
US DOPPS 2(2002) 91 4.1% 2,260
DOPPS 3(2006) 97 5.7% 1,813
DOPPS 3(2007) 54 3.9% 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.