Prescription items per 1000 populations Median (IQR) Prescription items per 1000 populations Median (IQR) Inflation adjusted costs, GBP per 1000 populations Median (IQR) Inflation adjusted costs, GBP per 1000 populations Median (IQR)
Most Deprived Least Deprived Most Deprived Least Deprived
Year, n* Year, n* Year, n* Year, n* Year, n*
2015 43.24 (32.99-59.53) 70.28 (63.51-76.06) 367.21 (166.61-470.95) 688.03 (623.80-784.88)
2016 45.45 (37.20-65.32) 74.36 (66.18-82.19) 335.18 (149.71-453.13) 650.57 (529.58-716.50)
2017 45.63 (38.58-68.42) 77.27 (69.56-85.29) 279.52 (140.16-393.67) 551.49 (540.57-657.57)
2018 45.79 (37.81-65.70) 82.11 (75.57-86.70) 271.74 (133.09-341.85) 581.75 (438.52-634.60)
2019 46.65 (36.63-64.76) 91.23 (76.18-95.13) 310.2 (116.36-344.07) 666.4 (515.08-787.68)
Percentage (%) median change from 2015 to 2019 7.88 29.81 -15.53 -3.14
Median all years 44.62 (43.03-44.85) 75.68 (72.32-86.67) 255.18 (233.48-320.74) 625.87 (563.25-654.78)
n= sum of prescription and costs for 10 CCGs for each year per 1,000 populations; BNF: British National Formulary; CCG: Clinical Commissioning Groups; GBP: Great British Pound; IQR: Inter-quartile range; * n= sum of prescription and costs for 10 CCGs for each year per 1,000 populations; BNF: British National Formulary; CCG: Clinical Commissioning Groups; GBP: Great British Pound; IQR: Inter-quartile range; * n= sum of prescription and costs for 10 CCGs for each year per 1,000 populations; BNF: British National Formulary; CCG: Clinical Commissioning Groups; GBP: Great British Pound; IQR: Inter-quartile range; * n= sum of prescription and costs for 10 CCGs for each year per 1,000 populations; BNF: British National Formulary; CCG: Clinical Commissioning Groups; GBP: Great British Pound; IQR: Inter-quartile range; * n= sum of prescription and costs for 10 CCGs for each year per 1,000 populations; BNF: British National Formulary; CCG: Clinical Commissioning Groups; GBP: Great British Pound; IQR: Inter-quartile range;