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Show i $3,416,000 For Drugs In Davis Special to the Clipper Davis County residents are using more drugs prescription drags, that is than ever before. AS IN other parts of the country, the consumption of these medicinal preparations, prescribed by doctors, has gone up considerably in recent years. IN DAVIS County's regional " area, on the basis of data just released by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the annual outlay for such drugs has reached $28.05 per capita. This compares with an average of $15.30 per capita in the area in 1966, according to a study made then by the U.S. Public Health Service. IT represents a rise of 83 percent in the period. Elsewhere Else-where in the United States, the bill for prescription drugs went up 81 percent, from $15.40 per capita to J27.84. This is exclusive of drugs dispensed to patients in hospitals. hos-pitals. Many Americans have help in paying their drug bills, it is pointed out. Some carry health insurance, which takes care of part of ,k , 0'her? gPetrt8lth0e( "Is drugs free from their A he" About 80 percem fc pense, however u e pocket. ' 18 0uM j iN DAVIS County's ter ' area. t is shown, the Wri 1 numterofprerife' Per year is now r"H "ately il per average cost per prSS Ten years ago, bv u comparison, there wer " PiriptiomrrM,,.") average price of 81 FOR THE local mub,m as a whole, it figurW total of 62L0OOPl per year. The annual S about $3,416,000. 008115 As would be expected ih.' average out-of-pocke. for drugs increases sieS w.U,age. It ranges lrome7' per year nationally, for J sons under 17 years of $61.40 for those aged over. 0 FEMALES also spemj much more for suck medicines than males Their I average expenditure is mi a year, as against $21051' 1 males, according to the Hc,y .( findings. r |