2013 Global Health and Wellness Report - Kantar Health

National Health and Wellness Survey | United Kingdom | Infectious Diseases 279Infectious DiseasesInfectious Diseases include the adult population suffering from AIDS, C. Difficile, Community-Acquired Pneumonia(CAP), Genital Herpes, Genital Warts, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP), Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C,HIV, Tuberculosis and Yeast Infection.% of adult population with Infectious Diseases in the United KingdomAge GroupTotal 18-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 +Self-Reported (% total population) 4% 4% 4% 5% 4% 4%Male 50% 51% 47% 53% 57% 42%Female 50% 49% 53% 47% 43% 58%Diagnosed (% total population) 4% 4% 3% 4% 4% 4%Male 49% 48% 46% 54% 58% 44%Female 51% 52% 54% 46% 42% 56%Total adult population: 49,809,000Medication usageAge Group% of sufferers Total 18-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 +Using prescription 21% 31% 25% 18% 23% 8%Not using prescription 79% 69% 75% 82% 77% 92%Over-the-counter usage was not captured for Infectious Diseases.AttitudesJJ29% of sufferers prefer to treat themselves with an over-the-counter medication than to depend on a doctor togive them a prescription medication.JJ54% of sufferers are willing to make any lifestyle changes necessary to avoid having to take a prescriptionmedication.Infectious Diseaseswww.KantarHealth.com