Number of the Day: 12.3

POSTED: Monday, February 4, 2013, 5:10 AM

On average, each New Jerseyan filled 12.3 pharmaceutical prescriptions in 2011, slightly higher than the national average of 12.1. That came to a total of 108 million, costing $7.9 billion -- 3.5 percent of the total market in the U.S. Men in New Jersey take fewer drugs than women » Click here for the full post

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