Statistics
On this page we have gathered standardised statistics for prescription medicine on the Faroe Islands. Data is presented using the ATC/DDD Methodology and Prevalence methodology.
Defined Daily Dose
The DDD is a unit of measurement and is linked to the ATC code. The definition of the DDD is: The assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults.
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Prevalens
The term prevalence refers to the proportion of a population who have used a drug over a particular time period.