Show Medicine Bill- Bill Big Davis Pill SPECIAL TO THE CLIPPER Residents of Davis County are spending more money in drugstores drug drugstores stores these days THEIR EXPENDITURES for medicines and for drug sundries have been going up year by year in step with their rising earnings Currently the annual outlay is All other conditions being equal families with larger In Incomes incomes incomes in- in comes buy more vitamins salves tonics and other remedies reme zeme- dies than those with lower in in- in comes SUCH ARE THE findings of the National Center for Health Statistics following a special year-long year study it has just com com- It involved interviews with representative families in every part of the country In Davis County's geographic region the average outlay in the year for medicines was 2230 per person This compares with 21 per person throughout the United States as a whole OF THE 2230 locally 1530 was for medications that were purchased on written prescription prescription prescription pre pre- from physicians The remaining 7 was for as aspirin aspirin as- as laxatives cough remedies remedies remedies reme reme- dies antiseptics and other nonprescrIption nonprescription nonprescription non- non prescription drugs Applying this average to the entire local population Davis County's medicine bill comes to 1 approximately r NATIONALLY during the 12 month period nearly 4 billion was spent for medicines of all kinds the survey shows This is exclusive of drugs dispensed in hospitals and other institutions It is found that the amount of medicine that people use varies with sex with age and with the part of the country in which they live WOMEN for example spend 1820 a year for prescribed medicines on on average compared compared compared com com- pared with 1230 spent by men Family size is also a factor In large families where the number of children is greater the per capita cost is considerably considerably considerably consid consid- lower TOT TOTAL AL annual sales in Davis County's drug stores according according according accord accord- ing to the latest figures released by Sales Management amount to Included in this total are all drug store items non medici nal as well as medicinal |