From: Electronic health record-based assessment of oral corticosteroid use in a population of primary care patients with asthma: an observational study
Age 12–17
Age 18–44
Age 45–64
Age ≥ 65
Total
(N = 1,995)
(N = 6,891)
(N = 4,464)
(N = 1,667)
(N = 15,017)
Acute
1,919 (96.2%)
6,249 (90.7%)
3,703 (83%)
1,263 (75.8%)
13,134 (87.5%)
Chronic
76 (3.8%)
642 (9.3%)
761 (17%)
404 (24.2%)
1,883 (12.5%)