Table 3 Prevalence of prescriptions of potentially inappropriate medications for specific diagnoses or conditions for elderly patients (N = 523,811)^a

Cardiovascular

 Heart failure (n = 66,119)

11,624

(17.58)

25,003

(37.82)

36,627

(55.40)

 Syncope (n = 4,871)

573

(11.76)

509

(10.45)

1,082

(22.21)

Central nervous system

 Chronic seizures or epilepsy (n = 16,940)

2,357

(13.91)

3,502

(20.67)

5,859

(34.59)

 Delirium (n = 3,906)

1,410

(36.10)

1,801

(46.11)

3,211

(82.21)

 Dementia and cognitive impairment (n = 53,992)

13,557

(25.11)

29,767

(55.13)

43,324

(80.24)

 History of falls or fractures (n = 76,721)

10,844

(14.13)

34,504

(44.97)

45,348

(59.11)

 Insomnia (n = 68,919)

7,668

(11.13)

13,876

(20.13)

21,544

(31.26)

 Parkinson's disease (n = 13,662)

557

(4.08)

1,277

(9.35)

1,834

(13.42)

Gastrointestinal

 Chronic constipation (n = 112,212)

26,920

(23.99)

44,320

(39.50)

71,240

(63.49)

 History of gastric or duodenal ulcers (n = 173,326)

30,178

(17.41)

58,069

(33.50)

88,247

(50.91)

Kidney and urinary tract

 Chronic kidney disease Stages IV and V (n = 12,511)

4,153

(33.19)

3,650

(29.17)

7,803

(62.37)

 LUTS/BPH^c in men (n = 68,096)

37,826

(55.55)

-

37,826

(55.55)

 Urinary incontinence (all types) in women (n = 28,368)

-

118

(0.42)

118

(0.42)

 Stress or mixed urinary incontinence (n = 6,759)

-

369

(5.46)

369

(5.46)