Table 1: Dispensed prescriptions for the 3 antipsychotic drugs ordered most frequently by Canadian primary care physicians, 2005–2012

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Population of Canada	32 242 364	32 570 505	32 887 928	33 245 773	33 628 571	34 005 274	34 342 780	34 754 312
Quetiapine
No. prescriptions	1 040 948	1 426 202	1 909 052	2 313 005	2 652 720	3 260 476	3 782 821	4 166 110
Prescriptions per 100 000 people	3 229	4 369	5 805	6 957	7 888	9 588	11 015	11 987
Annual change, %*		35.3	32.9	19.8	13.4	21.6	14.9	8.8
Risperidone
No. prescriptions	1 390 177	1 516 660	1 755 263	1 819 043	1 821 225	1 971 661	1 972 659	1 906 133
Prescriptions per 100 000 people	4 312	4 657	5 337	5 472	5 416	5 798	5 744	5 485
Annual change, %*		8.0	14.6	2.5	–1.0	7.1	−1.0	−4.5
Olanzapine
No. prescriptions	966 296	1 059 073	1 214 121	1 306 724	1 319 171	1 368 176	1 363 638	1 328 802
Prescriptions per 100 000 people	2 997	3 252	3 692	3 968	3 923	4 023	3 971	3 823
Annual change, %*		8.5	13.5	7.5	−1.1	2.5	−1.3	−3.7

*Adjusted for population growth.