This statistic displays the prevalence of taking at least one medicine within specific prescribed medicine classes in England in 2016, by gender. In this year, six percent of men and thirteen percent of women were taking antidepressants.
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (December 13, 2017). Prevalence of taking at least one medicine within specific prescribed medicine classes in the last week in England 2016, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/375192/prescribed-medicine-classes-by-gender-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Prevalence of taking at least one medicine within specific prescribed medicine classes in the last week in England 2016, by gender." Chart. December 13, 2017. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/375192/prescribed-medicine-classes-by-gender-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2017). Prevalence of taking at least one medicine within specific prescribed medicine classes in the last week in England 2016, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/375192/prescribed-medicine-classes-by-gender-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Prevalence of Taking at Least One Medicine within Specific Prescribed Medicine Classes in The Last Week in England 2016, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/375192/prescribed-medicine-classes-by-gender-in-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Prevalence of taking at least one medicine within specific prescribed medicine classes in the last week in England 2016, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/375192/prescribed-medicine-classes-by-gender-in-england/ (last visited May 18, 2025)
Prevalence of taking at least one medicine within specific prescribed medicine classes in the last week in England 2016, by gender [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, December 13, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/375192/prescribed-medicine-classes-by-gender-in-england/
