Prevalence of prescribed benzodiazepine long-term use in the French general population according to sociodemographic and clinical factors: findings from the CONSTANCES cohort

Table 1 Prevalence of benzdiazepine long-term use of the French general population in 2015

	MEN				WOMEN
	N^a	%^b	95% CI^c		N^a	%^b	95% CI^c
	N^a	%^b	min	max	N^a	%^b	min	max
Age
≥18 and ≤ 35	23	1.7	1.0	2.9	32	2.7	1.6	4.6
> 35 and ≤ 50	68	4.9	3.3	7.3	96	6.6	5.1	8.4
> 50	141	9.3	7.2	11.9	194	12.2	10.0	14.9
Education level^d
0–2	58	14.1	9.7	19.9	79	15.1	11.4	19.8
3–4	111	6.7	5.0	8.9	138	9.1	7.1	11.5
5–6	41	3.6	2.1	6.1	84	5.1	3.7	7.0
7–8	22	1.5	0.8	2.6	21	3.4	1.7	6.8
Occupational status
Employed or in training	93	2.4	1.8	3.2	169	4.7	3.8	5.9
Job seeking	21	4.6	2.6	8.1	23	6.7	3.6	12.3
Retired	58	8.5	5.8	12.3	75	12.3	8.8	16.9
Other situations	60	30.6	21.6	41.4	55	22.3	16.2	29.8
Occupational grade
Never worked	17	37.7	21.3	57.5	10	14.4	6.8	28.0
Blue-collar worker and craftsman	91	7.8	5.8	10.4	34	8.0	5.3	12.0
Clerk	51	5.2	3.3	8.1	172	9.0	7.2	11.1
Intermediate worker	31	4.3	2.2	8.1	74	6.5	4.7	9.1
Executive	42	2.6	1.7	4.0	32	4.4	2.6	7.3
Household income (in euros)
< 2100	122	11.1	8.5	14.4	167	11.5	9.2	14.3
> 2100 and ≤ 2800	40	4.6	2.7	7.8	60	6.8	5.0	9.3
> 2800 and ≤ 4200	42	2.6	1.7	4.1	66	5.0	3.6	6.9
> 4200	28	2.3	1.4	3.9	29	4.2	2.3	7.4
Marital status
Single	58	9.4	6.4	13.5	52	6.3	4.1	9.6
Married or living as a couple	119	3.7	2.7	5.0	163	5.7	4.6	7.1
Separated, divorced or widowed	55	11.7	8.1	16.5	107	15.8	12.2	20.2
Alcohol use disorder risk^d
Mild	150	5.1	4.0	6.5	282	7.4	6.2	8.7
At-risk	82	7.3	5.1	10.3	40	8.5	5.6	12.7
Depressive state^e
No	131	3.4	2.6	4.4	146	4.8	3.7	6.1
Yes	101	15.0	11.2	19.7	176	14.0	11.4	17.0

^aN: Unweighted headcount; ^bWeighted prevalence, presented in bold for better readability; ^cConfidence Interval at 95% of the weighted prevalence; ^dBased on the 2011 International Standard Classification of Education; ^dAt-risk alcohol use disorder was defined as a total score > 7 at the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test; ^eDepressive state was defined as a total score > 18 at the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. Results were computed from weighted analyses of 4686 men and 4849 women included in 2015 in the CONSTANCES cohort

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