Table 2: Dispensed prescriptions for the 3 antipsychotic drugs ordered most frequently by Canadian psychiatrists, 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	873 369	1 051 645	1 249 125	1 424 893	1 588 240	1 832 978	2 003 085	2 110 329
Prescriptions per 100 000 people	2 709	3 229	3 798	4 286	4 723	5 390	5 833	6 072
Annual change, %*		19.2	17.6	12.8	10.2	14.1	8.2	4.1
Risperidone
No. prescriptions	736 150	817 650	911 802	987 363	998 010	1 081 290	1 112 243	1 055 298
Prescriptions per 100 000 people	2 283	2 510	2 772	2 970	2 968	3 180	3 239	3 036
Annual change, %*		9.9	10.4	7.1	−0.1	7.1	1.9	−6.3
Olanzapine
No. prescriptions	751 717	797 554	876 468	945 572	936 843	1 006 372	1 010 235	995 478
Prescriptions per 100 000 people	2 331	2 449	2 665	2 844	2 786	2 959	2 942	2 864
Annual change, %*		5.1	8.8	6.7	−2.0	6.2	−0.6	−2.7

*Adjusted for population growth.