Table 1

Number of patients prescribed a medication for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and psychiatric disorders in the lockdown period (8 March 2020 to 31 May 2020) and in the same period of 2019, stratified by sex, age and ethnicity

	Cardiovascular			Diabetes			Psychiatric
	2019	2020	% variation	2019	2020	% variation	2019	2020	% variation
Age (years)
0–17	1	0	−100	0	1		0	0	0
18–64	349	254	−27	126	114	−10	217	145	−33
≥65	96	68	−29	27	23	−15	32	11	−66
Sex
Female	243	159	−35	73	63	−14	148	85	−43
Male	203	163	−20	80	75	−6	101	71	−30
Ethnicity
Mediterranean Africa	42	35	−17	18	19	6	19	13	−32
Sub-Saharan Africa	35	17	−51	10	5	−50	28	18	−36
Latin America	167	116	−31	63	48	−24	98	61	−38
Asia	40	35	−13	19	22	16	19	17	−11
Eastern Europe	145	101	−30	39	39	0	55	26	−53
Italy	13	14	12	2	3	50	26	18	−35
Other/missing	4	4	0	2	2	0	4	3	−25
Total	446	322	−28	153	138	−10	249	156	−37