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Prescribed medicines and Non-prescribed medicines indexes, annual average, Canada, 1987 to 2016

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index (2002=100) 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 Prescribed medicinesPrescribed medicines Non-prescribed medicinesNon-prescribed medicines
Source(s):
CANSIM table 326-0021.

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Prescribed medicines and Non-prescribed medicines indexes, annual average, Canada, 1987 to 2016, index (2002=100)
  Prescribed medicines Non-prescribed medicines
1987 64.0 67.1
1988 70.7 72.5
1989 74.8 77.9
1990 78.9 83.0
1991 83.0 87.3
1992 86.4 87.1
1993 89.4 89.0
1994 90.5 89.2
1995 90.5 89.2
1996 90.8 89.5
1997 90.0 90.1
1998 91.9 92.4
1999 92.5 96.8
2000 95.3 98.9
2001 99.1 100.1
2002 100.0 100.0
2003 100.3 101.2
2004 99.7 102.4
2005 101.0 103.0
2006 101.2 103.1
2007 101.4 103.4
2008 101.1 104.6
2009 103.4 108.1
2010 101.2 112.6
2011 97.6 117.1
2012 94.8 117.7
2013 91.2 116.9
2014 89.7 116.6
2015 89.5 117.7
2016 89.1 119.7
Source(s):
CANSIM table 326-0021.
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