Table 2

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 prelockdown period (7 January 2020 to 7 March 2020), stratified by sex, age and ethnicity

	Cardiovascular			Antidiabetic			Psychiatric
	Prelockdown	Lockdown	% variation	Prelockdown	Lockdown	% variation	Prelockdown	Lockdown	% variation
Age (years)
0–17	0	0	0	2	1	−50	0	0	0
18–64	245	254	4	89	114	28	186	145	−22
≥65	86	68	−21	31	23	−26	20	11	−45
Sex
Female	175	159	−9	57	63	11	129	85	−34
Male	156	163	4	65	75	15	77	71	−8
Ethnicity
Mediterranean Africa	24	35	46	16	19	19	16	13	−19
Sub-Saharan Africa	14	17	21	6	5	−17	18	18	0
Latin America	132	116	−12	53	48	−9	88	61	−31
Asia	35	35	0	11	22	100	14	17	21
Eastern Europe	107	101	−6	32	39	22	49	26	−47
Italy	11	14	27	2	3	50	17	18	6
Other/missing	8	4	−50	2	2	0	4	3	−25
Total	331	322	−3	122	138	13	206	156	−24