Research Article
Vitamin D Supplementation in Australia: Implications for the Development of Supplementation Guidelines
Table 1
Annual vitamin D containing supplement sales in thousands of units1 and thousands of dollars according to year and product type.
| | Year | Units by product type (1000s) | Value by product type (A$1000) | | Vitamin D (plain) | Vitamins A and D combination | Calcium plus vitamin D | Total units | Vitamin D (plain) | Vitamins A and D combination | Calcium plus vitamin D | Total value |
| | 2000 | 5.0 | 2.1 | 13.4 | 20.5 | 233.9 | 14.1 | 93.3 | 341.2 | | 2001 | 5.0 | 1.9 | 14.7 | 21.6 | 216.3 | 12.1 | 104.0 | 332.4 | | 2002 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 16.6 | 23.2 | 170.7 | 11.0 | 118.6 | 300.4 | | 2003 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 18.3 | 26.5 | 144.2 | 30.2 | 132.8 | 307.2 | | 2004 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 18.9 | 28.9 | 140.7 | 45.3 | 141.8 | 327.9 | | 2005 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 20.9 | 31.4 | 141.6 | 44.7 | 162.0 | 348.2 | | 2006 | 8.1 | 4.1 | 20.2 | 32.4 | 148.2 | 58.6 | 166.5 | 373.3 | | 2007 | 10.6 | 3.7 | 24.4 | 38.8 | 177.3 | 51.8 | 210.2 | 439.3 | | 2008 | 15.2 | 3.3 | 28.8 | 47.3 | 270.2 | 41.4 | 263.5 | 575.1 | | 2009 | 19.6 | 3.8 | 31.9 | 55.3 | 408.3 | 48.1 | 316.5 | 772.9 | | 2010 | 24.6 | 4.0 | 32.4 | 61.0 | 534.1 | 57.5 | 348.7 | 940.3 |
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1Units represent individual items as purchased; source: IMS Health, Australia, 2013.
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