Table 9. Defined daily doses per 1,000 inhabitant-days for oral tetracyclines (J01AA) dispensed by retail pharmacies in Canadian provinces, 2000-2009.

ATC Class	Antimicrobial	Province	DDD/1,000 inhabitant-days
			2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
ATC = Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical. DDD = Defined daily dose. NA = Not available. Prior to 2005 data for the provinces of Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador were provided in a combined format. As of 2005, data is available at the individual provincial level.
Tetracyclines (J01AA)	Doxycycline (J01AA02)	British Columbia	1.38	1.31	1.20	1.25	1.18	1.27	1.34	1.39	1.42	1.43
		Alberta	1.04	0.99	0.90	0.95	0.98	1.03	1.07	1.12	1.18	1.21
		Saskatchewan	2.29	2.17	2.36	2.41	2.37	2.98	3.29	3.31	3.29	3.44
		Manitoba	0.85	1.05	1.09	1.19	1.29	0.92	1.01	1.04	1.13	1.12
		Ontario	0.49	0.47	0.48	0.46	0.47	0.51	0.58	0.64	0.73	0.80
		Québec	0.48	0.46	0.42	0.42	0.40	0.39	0.44	0.46	0.47	0.50
		New Brunswick	0.59	0.54	0.57	0.59	0.61	0.60	0.60	0.69	0.73	0.78
		Nova Scotia	0.85	0.76	0.71	0.72	0.73	0.90	0.95	0.99	1.07	1.20
		Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador	0.85	0.83	0.69	0.68	0.65	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
		Prince Edward Island	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.71	0.75	0.86	0.96	1.26
		Newfoundland and Labrador	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.54	0.59	0.74	0.82	0.94
	Tetracycline (J01AA07)	British Columbia	1.42	1.23	1.08	0.99	0.84	0.78	0.71	0.60	0.54	0.51
		Alberta	1.04	0.93	0.87	0.78	0.65	0.58	0.47	0.37	0.34	0.31
		Saskatchewan	1.56	1.41	1.27	0.99	0.87	0.81	0.71	0.64	0.57	0.51
		Manitoba	1.24	1.15	1.12	1.18	1.11	0.94	0.87	0.74	0.64	0.61
		Ontario	1.15	1.06	1.01	0.93	0.83	0.83	0.83	0.72	0.68	0.66
		Québec	0.43	0.38	0.34	0.30	0.26	0.22	0.19	0.17	0.15	0.15
		New Brunswick	0.37	0.36	0.37	0.35	0.34	0.26	0.29	0.28	0.24	0.26
		Nova Scotia	0.80	0.76	0.70	0.62	0.62	0.57	0.55	0.50	0.47	0.47
		Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador	1.14	0.94	0.70	0.64	0.72	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
		Prince Edward Island	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.40	1.29	1.35	1.22	1.28
		Newfoundland and Labrador	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.54	0.45	0.42	0.40	0.38
	Minocycline (J01AA08)	British Columbia	0.81	0.81	0.87	0.90	0.90	0.92	0.95	0.91	0.92	0.93
		Alberta	1.49	1.57	1.64	1.76	1.82	1.83	1.73	1.61	1.57	1.51
		Saskatchewan	0.42	0.43	0.38	0.32	0.34	0.40	0.42	0.37	0.37	0.34
		Manitoba	0.80	0.85	0.88	0.96	1.02	0.90	0.94	0.92	0.87	0.86
		Ontario	1.02	1.01	1.00	0.98	0.94	1.00	1.04	0.96	0.94	0.91
		Québec	0.88	0.95	0.98	1.00	0.97	0.93	0.99	0.98	1.00	1.03
		New Brunswick	0.73	0.77	0.86	0.88	0.90	0.87	0.89	0.84	0.80	0.82
		Nova Scotia	1.03	1.10	1.12	1.25	1.33	1.35	1.41	1.35	1.36	1.17
		Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador	1.10	1.06	0.93	0.96	0.98	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
		Prince Edward Island	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.62	0.74	0.61	0.73	0.79
		Newfoundland and Labrador	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.99	1.16	1.11	1.11	1.18

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