Sex ratios for the numbers of prescriptions of selected therapies on 3-digit-level ATC codes.

<p>Results for medications related to pain relief, psycholeptics, and psychoanaleptics (N02, N05, N06) and diuretics (C03) are dominated by females at all ages. Beta blocking agents (C07), calcium channel blocker (C08), and ACE inhibitors (C09) show an excess of males at ages around 30, but a female excess at older ages. Lipid modifying agents (C10) show an excess of males, the sex ratio for antineoplastic agents (L01) is almost balanced.