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Table 1 Number of users (in 1000), prevalence of users per 1000 population, mean consumption per inhabitant and year in DDD, and mean and median consumption per user per year in DDD, by psychoactive drug category

From: The total sale of prescription drugs with an abuse potential predicts the number of excessive users: a national prescription database study

 

In total population

Among users

 

Number of users in 1000

Prevalence of users per 1000 population

Mean DDD per inhabitant per year

Mean DDD per year and user

Median DDD per year and user

Carisoprodol

84

18.2

0.82

44.9

7.5

Codeine

406

88.2

4.35

49.3

12.5

Diazepam

153

33.2

3.74

112.9

45.0

Oxazepam

125

27.1

2.23

82.1

29.4

Nitrazepam

44

9.6

2.06

213.6

120.0

Flunitrazepam

14

3.0

0.80

263.9

180.0

Zopiclone

288

62.5

9.98

159.5

90.0

Zolpidem

42

9.1

1.11

120.8

45.0

Anxiolytics (including alprazolam)

266

57.8

6.8

118.4

37.5

Hypnotics (including clomethiazole)

361

78.4

14.0

177.8

100.0

All studied drugs

816

177.2

26.0

146.5

33.3