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Table 2 Characteristics of people aged 75 years or over with a health care reimbursement, France, 2011–2019

From: Decreasing trends in potentially inappropriate medications in older people: a nationwide repeated cross-sectional study

  

2011

 

2013

 

2015

 

2017

 

2019

 
  

(5,777,645)

 

(6,068,742)

 

(6,151,861)

 

(6,206,973)

 

(6,328,155)

 
  

N or mean

% or s-d

N or mean

% or s-d

N or mean

% or s-d

N or mean

% or s-d

N or mean

% or s-d

Sex

 

Men

2,181,209

37.8

2,338,065

38.5

2,395,745

38.9

2,448,459

39.5

2,535,597

40.1

 

Women

3,596,436

62.3

3,730,677

61.5

3,756,116

61.1

3,758,514

60.6

3,792,558

59.9

Age (years)

 

82.1

5.4

82.4

5.5

82.6

5.6

82.8

5.7

82.8

5.8

 

75 to 79

2,194,336

38.0

2,218,580

36.6

2,179,628

35.4

2,131,076

34.3

2,194,379

34.7

 

80–84

1,806,207

31.3

1,887,832

31.1

1,887,550

30.7

1,872,629

30.2

1,861,395

29.4

 

85–89

1,178,665

20.4

1,244,614

20.5

1,290,619

21.0

1,343,573

21.7

1,368,345

21.6

 

Over 90

598,437

10.4

717,716

11.8

794,064

12.9

859,695

13.9

904,036

14.3

At least one drug reimbursement

 

5,430,172

94.0

5,764,924

95.0

5,900,245

95.9

5,948,385

95.8

6,106,212

96.5