[Drug use by 60- to 74-year-old patients of a rural community. The Tyrolean Oberperfuss Heart Project]

Information on drug consumption was collected in May 1987 within the framework of the 10 year follow-up survey of a coronary risk factor detection programme in the Tyrolean village of Oberperfuss. Data were obtained from the entire cohort born between 1913 and 1927. On average, men took 1.7 and women 2.8 different types of drugs. Blood pressure lowering substances, including diuretics, were the most frequently consumed drugs, followed by digitalis.