Table 5 Research population and triptan use and overuse in the nine provinces and in rural, urban and intermediate regions
From: Use and overuse of triptans in Austria – a survey based on nationwide healthcare claims data
Research population n = 5,918,487 | Triptan users n = 33,062 | Triptan overusers n = 1970 | Users / 100,000 persons | Overusers among users | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Province | n | % | n | % | n | % | % | |
Vienna | 1,242,072 | 21.0 | 7956 | 24.1 | 348 | 17.7 | 640.5 | 4.4 |
Lower Austria | 1,111,474 | 18.8 | 5722 | 17.3 | 560 | 28.4 | 514.8 | 9.8 |
Styria | 874,749 | 14.8 | 4729 | 14.3 | 141 | 7.2 | 540.6 | 3.0 |
Upper Austria | 922,842 | 15.6 | 4374 | 13.2 | 180 | 9.1 | 474.0 | 4.1 |
Tyrol | 510,347 | 8.6 | 2989 | 9.0 | 140 | 7.1 | 585.7 | 4.7 |
Carinthia | 406,493 | 6.9 | 2498 | 7.6 | 235 | 11.9 | 614.5 | 9.4 |
Salzburg | 407,978 | 6.9 | 2363 | 7.1 | 253 | 12.8 | 579.2 | 10.7 |
Burgenland | 194,083 | 3.3 | 1196 | 3.6 | 43 | 2.2 | 616.2 | 3.6 |
Vorarlberg | 237,738 | 4.0 | 1201 | 3.6 | 68 | 3.5 | 505.2 | 5.7 |
Unknown | 10,711 | 0.1 | 34 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | na | na |
Region | ||||||||
Rural | 2,517,891 | 42.5 | 12,961 | 39.2 | 804 | 40.8 | 514.8 | 6.2 |
Urban | 2,334,651 | 39.4 | 14,615 | 44.2 | 851 | 43.2 | 626.0 | 5.8 |
Intermediate | 1,055,234 | 17.8 | 5452 | 16.5 | 313 | 15.9 | 516.7 | 5.7 |
Unknown | 10,711 | 0.2 | 34 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | na | na |