Trends in the consumption rates of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-related drugs in the health region of Lleida from 2002 to 2015

Table 2 BZD and Z-drugs consumption dispensing prevalence in 2015 (%)

	< 16	16–24	25–44	45–64	≥65	Total
Men
Short-intermediate BZDs	0.08	0.87	3.07	7.86	18.56	6.15
Intermediate-long BZDs	0.26	1.33	3.91	5.78	6.77	4.03
Z-drugs	0.01	0.06	0.17	0.70	1.60	0.50
Total	0.34	2.04	6.39	12.61	24.54	9.58
Women
Short-intermediate BZDs	0.08	1.81	5.84	15.57	35.79	13.38
Intermediate-long BZDs	0.28	2.47	5.64	10.27	11.74	6.97
Z-drugs	0.01	0.05	0.33	1.45	2.85	1.07
Total	0.34	3.93	10.32	23.35	45.08	18.84
All
Short-intermediate BZDs	0.08	1.32	4.38	11.55	28.28	9.73
Intermediate-long BZDs	0.27	1.88	4.73	7.93	9.57	5.48
Z-drugs	0.01	0.05	0.24	1.06	2.31	0.79
Total	0.34	2.95	8.25	17.76	36.13	14.16

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