Oral iron use, by DOPPS country and cross-section

  N Ptnts Total N Wgtd %
DOPPS Country DOPPS Cross-section 66 506 12.4%
AusNZ D2(2002)
D3(2006) 33 448 8.2%
D3(2007) 40 445 8.8%
D4(2010) 1 326 0.3%
Belgium D2(2002) 14 534 2.6%
D3(2006) 1 479 0.2%
D3(2007) 2 367 0.4%
D4(2010) 1 396 0.2%
Canada D2(2002) 114 576 22.4%
D3(2006) 83 508 22.1%
D3(2007) 66 420 23.4%
D4(2010) 33 333 14.5%
France D2(2002) 10 499 2.8%
D3(2006) 96 540 16.3%
D3(2007) 137 539 25.4%
D4(2010) 1 345 0.3%
Germany D2(2002) 15 565 2.5%
D3(2006) 35 555 6.2%
D3(2007) 40 606 6.0%
D4(2010) 1 567 0.1%
Italy D2(2002) 10 555 1.8%
D3(2006) 109 500 21.4%
D3(2007) 119 506 26.4%
Japan D2(2002) 51 1,720 3.0%
D3(2006) 63 1,759 3.2%
D3(2007) 61 1,783 3.1%
D4(2010) 32 1,694 1.8%
Spain D2(2002) 26 595 3.7%
D3(2006) 10 620 1.6%
D3(2007) 11 529 2.6%
Sweden D2(2002) 32 545 6.3%
D3(2006) 133 504 24.2%
D3(2007) 118 493 23.7%
D4(2010) 1 471 0.3%
UK D2(2002) 25 543 4.4%
D3(2006) 46 431 11.5%
D3(2007) 40 325 13.7%
D4(2010) 3 386 0.9%
US D2(2002) 270 2,156 12.7%
D3(2006) 71 1,735 4.9%
D3(2007) 58 1,162 5.4%
D4(2010) 130 3,063 4.6%

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.