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Table 3 Consumption of anxiolytics-hypnotics and drugs for obstructive airway diseases: consumption pre-wildfire (Aug-Sep 2005) and consumption post-wildfire (Aug-Sep 2006)

From: Respiratory and mental health effects of wildfires: an ecological study in Galician municipalities (north-west Spain)

 

Anxiolytics - Hypnotics

(N05B & N05C)

Drugs for obstructive airway diseases

(R03)

 

DDDs* mean and (standard deviation)

DDDs* mean and (standard deviation)

 

Pre-wildfire period 2005 (Aug - Sep)

Post-wildfire period 2006 (Aug - Sep)

Pre-wildfire period 2005 (Aug - Sep)

Post-wildfire period 2006 (Aug - Sep)

Total population

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

104.26 (89.10)

107.78 (92.40)

75.93 (71.18)

75.62 (71.55)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

90.16 (78.14)

100.71 (81.81)

69.51 (67.87)

73.62 (67.21)

   Municipalities: high exposure

89.81 (75.82)

99.37 (79.93)

73.26 (69.12)

73.91 (67.46)

Men

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

77.19 (67.84)

79.62 (70.87)

95.46 (86.73)

94.38 (87.09)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

68.52 (58.71)

76.86 (62.38)

89.93 (82.84)

92.68 (80.58)

   Municipalities: high exposure

67.74 (57.14)

74.81 (61.16)

94.80 (84.15)

94.24 (81.38)

Women

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

131.32 (99.22)

135.95 (102.48)

56.28 (43.02)

56.76 (44.22)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

111.70 (88.56)

124.55 (91.57)

49.18 (39.35)

54.48 (42.65)

   Municipalities: high exposure

111.89 (85.32)

123.93 (88.62)

51.82 (39.75)

53.58 (40.86)

Non-pensioners

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

35.34 (25.26)

35.37 (23.29)

19.16 (10.01)

18.61 (9.84)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

29.17 (17.23)

33.51 (18.39)

16.21 (7.92)

17.01 (7.47)

   Municipalities: high exposure

25.95 (17.19)

33.07 (17.56)

17.86 (8.06)

17.18 (6.21)

Pensioners

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

173.17 (75.61)

180.19 (77.69)

131.78 (60.47)

132.33 (60.49)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

150.86 (67.03)

167.90 (63.30)

122.56 (58.99)

129.98 (50.84)

   Municipalities: high exposure

149.68 (63.47)

165.67 (60.55)

128.41 (58.00)

130.64 (51.16)

Male non-pensioners

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

20.17 (9.75)

19.95 (9.13)

18.81 (9.18)

18.31 (7.48)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

18.22 (8.39)

21.17 (8.37)

17.29 (8.08)

17.97 (7.59)

   Municipalities: high exposure

18.16 (6.86)

19.93 (7.12)

18.63 (8.17)

17.93 (6.38)

Female non-pensioners

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

50.52 (27.45)

50.81 (22.93)

19.52 (10.82)

18.91 (11.79)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

40.02 (16.88)

45.85 (17.37)

15.13 (7.68)

16.04 (7.24)

   Municipalities: high exposure

41.74 (16.31)

46.21 (14.85)

17.10 (7.91)

16.42 (5.97)

Male pensioners

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

134.21 (50.85)

139.29 (53.08)

171.30 (57.21)

170.45 (59.13)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

118.35 (42.27)

132.55 (38.55)

161.90 (56.20)

167.38 (41.52)

   Municipalities: high exposure

117.31 (39.40)

129.69 (37.23)

170.28 (50.44)

170.55 (38.90)

Female pensioners

    

   Municipalities: no exposure

212.12 (76.43)

221.08 (77.07)

92.26 (30.37)

94.21 (30.40)

   Municipalities: med. exposure

183.38 (71.47)

203.26 (63.58)

83.23 (26.68)

92.57 (25.39)

   Municipalities: high exposure

182.04 (66.53)

201.65 (58.03)

86.55 (26.03)

90.74 (23.06)

  1. * Defined daily doses per 1000 inhabitants/day