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<p>Information is not held centrally for numbers of prescription items written. The
table provides both the numbers of prescription items dispensed for opioid medicines
in England, as defined by the British National Formulary (BNF) Section 4.7.2 <em>opioid
analgesics</em>, and an analysis of prescribing trends, for the last 15 calendar years,
using England population figures.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number
of prescription items and prescription items per 1,000 of population in England, for
opioids, as defined by BNF 4.7.2, based on prescriptions written in the United Kingdom
and dispensed in the community, in England.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> <br> Year</p></td><td><p>Prescription
items (thousands)<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Items per 1,000 population <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>%
change in prescription items <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>% change in items per 1,000
population <sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>6,818.9</p></td><td><p>138.5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>7,462.1</p></td><td><p>150.9</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>8,077.4</p></td><td><p>162.6</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>8,731.1</p></td><td><p>174.9</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>9,498.3</p></td><td><p>189.2</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>10,709.9</p></td><td><p>211.6</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>11,960.2</p></td><td><p>234.7</p></td><td><p>11.7</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>13,408.8</p></td><td><p>261.0</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>14,843.0</p></td><td><p>286.5</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>16,270.5</p></td><td><p>311.7</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>17,689.0</p></td><td><p>336.0</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>19,124.4</p></td><td><p>360.1</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>20,552.3</p></td><td><p>384.2</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>21,710.3</p></td><td><p>403.0</p></td><td><p>5.6</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>22,748.8</p></td><td><p>418.8</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:
</em></p><p><sup>1 </sup>Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system data provided by
the Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Analysis based on
Office of National Statistics population statistics for England</p><br />
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