Table 1:

Characteristics of patients who started treatment with quinine during in the period Dec. 1, 2001, to Oct. 31, 2007

CharacteristicNo. (%) of patients*n = 31 339
Age, yr, median (IQR)69 (58–80)
Female sex19 244 (61.4)
Prescriber
 Family physician26 963 (86.0)
 Internal medicine physician961 (3.1)
 Vascular surgeon206 (0.7)
 Neurologist172 (0.5)
 Rheumatologist135 (0.4)
 Orthopedic surgeon67 (0.2)
 Other or not specified2 835 (9.0)
Health authority region‡
 Fraser Health9 662 (30.8)
 Vancouver Coastal Health7 049 (22.5)
 Interior Health6 527 (20.8)
 Island Health5 811 (18.5)
 Northern Health1 680 (5.4)
 Not specified610 (1.9)

  • Note: IQR = interquartile range.

  • ↵* Unless stated otherwise.

  • ↵‡ Percentage of population ≥ 50 yr of age by Health authority region: Fraser Health (32.5%), Vancouver Coastal Health (23.2%), Interior Health (19.0%), Island Health (19.7%) and Northern Health (5.6%).18