Table 4
Prevalence of medication use, by site of joint pain, household population aged 20 or older diagnosed with osteoarthritis, Canada excluding territories, 2009
Site of joint pain | Prescription medications | Non-prescription medications | ||||
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% | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | |||
from | to | from | to | |||
Any joint | 39.4 | 35.4 | 43.6 | 66.3 | 62.1 | 70.2 |
Hip and knee | 52.0 | 45.2 | 58.8 | 73.5 | 66.6 | 79.4 |
Hip | 42.7 | 32.3 | 53.6 | 74.3 | 65.1 | 81.7 |
Knee | 38.5 | 31.8 | 45.7 | 66.2 | 59.4 | 72.4 |
Note: Site of pain asked only of those who experienced pain in last month. Source: 2009 Survey on Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada - Arthritis. |
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