English region where men use most Viagra revealed – where does your town rank?
FELLAS from Yorkshire need most help rising to the occasion in the bedroom, according to new figures.
Chaps in the county are given the most prescriptions for Viagra or similar drugs to aid performance.
NHS stats show men in the North used the little blue pills much more often than in the South last year.
The East Riding of Yorkshire, including the towns of Goole, Beverley and Bridlington, topped the table with 3.572 per cent needing them.
But it faced stiff opposition from Northumberland with 3.359 per cent.
Other Yorkshire towns where a high proportion of men needed a bedtime boost were Rotherham, Barnsley and Scarborough.
Meanwhile, those in Dorset, including the coastal towns of Poole and Bournemouth which are popular with retired folk, also made the top five with 3.274 per cent.
But fellas in large areas of London, Cambridgeshire and Berkshire were far less likely to get the prescription.
Leicester had the lowest rate at 1.5 per cent.
Consultant urologist Gordon Muir, of London Bridge Hospital, said: 'NHS provision of this treatment can vary from region to region, as can the ratio of underlying disease which probably explains some of the differences.'
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