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It is all quite understandable, according to a new government study. It shows that fcpeople with more money at their command spend more for ointments, laxatives and other n^n-preseription drugs than do those with less money.
The report, just released by the National Center forllealth Statistics, a division of the Public Health Service, is based on interviews with 134, 000 persons throughout the country. Among those in Rappahannock County’s geographicregion, the amount spent for medici n e s averages $22.80 per person annually. Ot this sum, an estimated $17.50 per year is for medicines obtained on written-prescriptions from physicians. The rest of it goes fordrugs and medications that are avail able without prescriptions, such nose drops, liniments, pain relievers, vitamins and tonics. On the basis of the government’s sampling survey, the total expenditure for medicines by Rappahannock County residents is estimated at $130, 000 a year. The American people as a whole are spending more than $4 billion a year in that direction, or about $21 per person, the report states. Not in-' eluded are drugs dispensed to hospital patients. Age, sex, education and income are some of the factors that affect the amount that an individual spends for medicines. Younger people spend less than older ones, women more than men and people in the South and West more than those elsewhere.
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