Table 1 Antibiotics given without prescription at Stages 1, 2 & 3 by province & region
From: Widespread illegal sales of antibiotics in Chinese pharmacies – a nationwide cross-sectional study
n(%) | Overall Success n(%) with 95% CI | Success at Stage 1 n (%) with 95% CI | Success at Stage 2 n n(%) 95% CI | Success at Stage 3 n (%) 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 1106(100.0) | 83.6 (81.5,85.8). | 30.2(27.2,33.1) | 62.3(59.1,65.4) | 7.6(5.9,9.3) |
Eastern | |||||
Zhejiang | 100(9.0) | 57.0(47.1,66.9) | 33.3(20.7,46.0) | 59.6(46.5,72.8) | 7.0(0.2,13.9) |
Jiangsu | 92(8.3) | 92.4(86.9,97.9) | 42.4(31.6,53.1) | 52.9(42.1,63.8) | 4.7(0.1,9.3) |
Fujian | 92(8.3) | 91.3(85.4,97.2) | 31.0(20.9,41.0) | 61.9(51.3,72.5) | 7.1(1.5,12.8) |
Guangdong | 80(7.2) | 58.8(47.7,69.8) | 23.4(10.8,36.0) | 68.1(54.3,81.9) | 8.5(0.2,16.8) |
Central | |||||
Anhui | 92(8.3) | 95.7(91.4,99.9) | 36.4(26.1,46.6) | 55.7(45.1,66.3) | 8.0(2.2,13.7) |
Jiangxi | 81(7.3) | 97.5(91.4,99.3) | 30.4(20.0,40.7) | 65.8(55.1,76.5) | 3.9(1.4,11.0) |
Hunan | 83(7.5) | 86.7(79.3,94.2) | 29.2(18.4,39.9) | 63.9(52.5,75.3) | 6.9(0.9,13.0) |
Henan | 80(7.2) | 95.0(90.1,99.9) | 6.6 (0.9,12.3) | 81.6(72.7,90.5) | 11.8(4.4,19.3) |
Hubei | 80(7.2) | 72.5(62.5,82.5) | 13.8(4.6,22.9) | 69.0(56.7,81.2) | 17.2(7.2,27.3) |
Western | |||||
Sichuan | 81(7.3) | 72.8(62.9,82.7) | 15.3(5.8,24.7) | 71.2(59.3,83.1) | 13.6(4.6,22.6) |
Guizhou | 82(7.4) | 98.8(93.4,99.8) | 34.6(24.0,45.1) | 65.4(54.9,76.0) | 0 |
Shanxi | 83(7.5) | 75.9(66.5,85.3) | 38.1(25.8,50.4) | 58.7(46.2,71.2) | 3.3(0.9,11.2) |
Chongqing | 80(7.2) | 95.0(90.1,99.9) | 47.4(35.9,58.9) | 42.1(30.7,53.5) | 10.5(3.5,17.6) |
Region | |||||
Eastern | 364(32.9) | 75.0(70.5,79.5) | 33.7(28.1,39.3) | 59.7(53.9,65.6) | 6.6(3.6,9.6) |
Middle | 416(37.6) | 89.7(86.7,92.6) | 24.1(19.8,28.5) | 66.8(62.0,71.6) | 9.1(6.2,12.0) |
Western | 326(29.5) | 85.6(81.7,89.4) | 34.8(29.1,40.4) | 58.8(53.0,64.6) | 6.5(3.6,9.4) |
p-value | 0.00 | 0.004 | 0.07 | 0.34 | |