Table 130. Retail Prescription Drug Sales: 1995 to 2006
[2,125 represents 2,125,000,000]
Sales outlet
Unit
1995
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Number of prescriptions. . . Mil.. . . . . .
2,125
2,707
2,865
3,009
3,139
3,215
3,274
3,279
3,420
Traditional chain . . . . . . . . . . . Mil. . . . . . .
914
1,246
1,344
1,415
1,474
1,494
1,510
1,527
1,614
Independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mil. . . . . . .
666
680
689
700
708
726
728
705
723
Mass merchant. . . . . . . . . . . . Mil. . . . . . .
238
289
293
314
339
345
353
359
375
Supermarkets . . . . . . . . . . . . Mil. . . . . . .
221
357
394
418
444
462
470
465
476
Mail order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mil. . . . . . .
86
134
146
161
174
189
214
223
232
Retail sales . . . . . . . . . . . . Bil. dol.. . .
72.2
125.8
145.6
164.1
182.7
203.1
221.0
232.0
249.8
Traditional chain . . . . . . . . . . . bil. dol. . . .
28.8
53.8
61.2
67.7
75.9
85.4
90.6
94.5
102.8
Independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . bil. dol. . . .
21.1
28.9
31.4
33.9
35.4
38.3
40.5
41.9
43.5
Mass merchant. . . . . . . . . . . . bil. dol. . . .
7.7
11.8
13.5
15.2
18.0
19.5
21.5
22.5
24.3
Supermarkets . . . . . . . . . . . . bil. dol. . . .
7.4
13.8
17.4
19.8
23.1
25.1
27.0
27.6
28.8
Mail order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bil. dol. . . .
7.4
17.4
22.1
27.6
30.2
34.9
41.3
45.5
50.4
Average prices
1
All prescriptions . . . . . . . . Dollars . . .
30.01
42.42
45.79
50.06
55.37
59.52
63.59
64.86
68.26
Brand drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dollars . . .
40.22
60.66
65.29
69.75
77.49
85.57
95.86
101.71 111.02
Generic drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . Dollars . . .
14.84
18.16
19.33
21.72
24.89
27.69
28.71
29.82
32.23
Percentage of number of
drug prescriptions by
brand/generic mix:
Brand drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . .
59.8
57.1
57.6
59.0
57.9
55.0
51.9
48.7
45.7
Generic drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent . . .
40.2
42.9
42.4
41.0
42.1
45.0
48.1
51.3
54.3
1
Excludes mail order.
Source: National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, VA, NACDS Foundation Chain Pharmacy Industry Profile,
2006 (copyright); <http://www.nacds.org>.
Table 131. Prescription Drug Use in the Past Month by Sex, Age, Race, and
Hispanic Origin: 1988−1994 and 1999−2002
[Data are based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized
population]
Sex and age
Percent of population using at least one prescription drug in past month
All persons
1
Not Hispanic or Latino
2
Mexican
3
White
Black or
African American
1988−
1994
1999−
2002
1988−
1994
1999−
2002
1988−
1994
1999−
2002
1988−
1994
1999−
2002
Both sexes, age adjusted
4
. . .
39.1
45.3
41.1
48.9
36.9
40.1
31.7
31.7
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
32.7
39.9
34.2
43.1
31.1
35.4
27.5
25.8
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45.0
50.4
47.6
54.5
41.4
43.8
36.0
37.8
Both sexes, crude . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37.8
45.1
41.4
50.9
31.2
36.0
24.0
23.7
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30.6
38.7
33.5
43.9
25.5
30.8
20.1
18.8
Female . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44.6
51.2
48.9
57.6
36.2
40.6
28.1
28.9
Under 18 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20.5
24.2
22.9
27.6
14.8
18.6
16.1
15.9
18 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31.3
35.9
34.3
41.3
27.8
28.5
21.1
19.2
45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
54.8
64.1
55.5
66.1
57.5
62.3
48.1
49.3
65 years old and over. . . . . . . . . . . . .
73.6
84.7
74.0
85.4
74.5
81.1
67.7
72.0
Male:
Under 18 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20.4
26.2
22.3
30.6
15.5
19.8
16.3
16.2
18 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21.5
27.1
23.5
31.2
21.1
21.5
14.9
13.0
45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . .
47.2
55.6
48.1
57.4
48.2
54.0
43.8
36.4
65 years old and over . . . . . . . . . . .
67.2
80.1
67.4
81.0
64.4
78.1
61.3
66.8
Female:
Under 18 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20.6
22.0
23.6
24.4
14.2
17.3
16.0
15.6
18 to 44 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40.7
44.6
44.7
51.7
33.4
34.2
28.1
26.2
45 to 64 years old . . . . . . . . . . . . .
62.0
72.0
62.6
74.7
64.4
69.0
52.2
62.4
65 years old and over . . . . . . . . . . .
78.3
88.1
78.8
88.8
81.3
83.1
73.0
76.3
1
Includes persons of other races and Hispanic origins, not shown separately.
2
Starting with data year 1999, race-specific
estimates are not comparable with estimates for earlier years, see footnote 3, Table 156.
3
Persons of Mexican origin may be
of any race.
4
Age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using four age groups: Under 18, 18−44, 45−64, and 65 years and
over. See text, Section 2.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics Health, United States, 2005. <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm>.
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