Practice-level analysis showing number of general practices (row per cent) that prescribed drug class to different proportions of new patients with stroke in first year after stroke.
| Year | Proportion of new patients with stroke at general practice prescribed drug class in first year after stroke | ||||||||
| Antihypertensive drugs | Statins | Antiplatelet drugs | |||||||
| <33% | 33–<66% | 66–100% | <33% | 33–<66% | 66–100% | <33% | 33–<66% | 66–100% | |
| 1997 | 64 (27) | 160 (69) | 15 (6) | 232 (97) | 5 (2) | 2 (1) | 57 (24) | 156 (65) | 26 (11) |
| 1998 | 58 (23) | 169 (66) | 30 (12) | 243 (95) | 11 (4) | 3 (1) | 39 (15) | 170 (66) | 48 (19) |
| 1999 | 57 (21) | 193 (70) | 25 (9) | 255 (93) | 19 (7) | 1 (0) | 46 (17) | 180 (65) | 49 (18) |
| 2000 | 46 (16) | 189 (65) | 58 (20) | 240 (82) | 46 (16) | 7 (2) | 34 (12) | 192 (66) | 67 (23) |
| 2001 | 42 (13) | 205 (64) | 75 (23) | 215 (67) | 93 (29) | 14 (4) | 33 (10) | 200 (62) | 89 (28) |
| 2002 | 25 (7) | 196 (58) | 119 (35) | 134 (39) | 175 (51) | 31 (9) | 21 (6) | 190 (56) | 129 (38) |
| 2003 | 34 (9) | 203 (56) | 127 (35) | 84 (23) | 219 (60) | 61 (17) | 25 (7) | 196 (54) | 143 (39) |
| 2004 | 24 (6) | 204 (56) | 142 (38) | 52 (14) | 216 (58) | 102 (28) | 30 (8) | 193 (52) | 147 (40) |
| 2005 | 23 (6) | 172 (46) | 178 (48) | 39 (10) | 190 (51) | 144 (39) | 27 (7) | 202 (54) | 144 (39) |