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answer text: Information is not held centrally for numbers of prescription items written. The table provides both the numbers of prescription items dispensed for opioid medicines in England, as defined by the British National Formulary (BNF) Section 4.7.2 opioid analgesics, and an analysis of prescribing trends, for the last 15 calendar years, using England population figures. Number of prescription items and prescription items per 1,000 of population in England, for opioids, as defined by BNF 4.7.2, based on prescriptions written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community, in England. Year Prescription items (thousands)1 Items per 1,000 population 2 % change in prescription items 2 % change in items per 1,000 population 2 2000 6,818.9 138.5 - - 2001 7,462.1 150.9 9.4 9.0 2002 8,077.4 162.6 8.2 7.7 2003 8,731.1 174.9 8.1 7.6 2004 9,498.3 189.2 8.8 8.2 2005 10,709.9 211.6 12.8 11.8 2006 11,960.2 234.7 11.7 10.9 2007 13,408.8 261.0 12.1 11.2 2008 14,843.0 286.5 10.7 9.8 2009 16,270.5 311.7 9.6 8.8 2010 17,689.0 336.0 8.7 7.8 2011 19,124.4 360.1 8.1 7.2 2012 20,552.3 384.2 7.5 6.7 2013 21,710.3 403.0 5.6 4.9 2014 22,748.8 418.8 4.8 3.9 Source: 1 Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system data provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre 2 Analysis based on Office of National Statistics population statistics for England
answer given date: 2015-11-04+00:00
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