Percentage of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in the U.S. in 2015, by age
This statistic depicts the percentage of prescriptions for antibiotics in the United States that were unnecessary, for all diagnoses, in 2015, by age. Among those aged 20-64 years, 35 percent of antibiotic prescriptions were unnecessary. According to the National Action Plan to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), the national goal is to reduce inappropriate outpatient antibiotic use by 50 percent until 2022.