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Table 2 Prescription amount (Diazepam-equivalent doses in milligrams) per capita by type of drugs for men

From: Analysis of regional differences in the amount of hypnotic and anxiolytic prescriptions in Japan using nationwide claims data

 

Age group

Year

0–4

5–9

10–14

15–19

20–24

25–29

30–34

35–39

40–44

45–49

50–54

55–59

60–64

65–69

70–74

75–79

80–84

85–89

> 89

Hypnotics

                   

2015

8.0

3.5

3.6

4.4

11.2

23.1

34.7

47.1

58.0

70.6

79.2

79.1

78.7

93.7

140.7

179.3

214.3

237.3

213.9

2016

11.8

11.2

10.1

8.8

13.1

23.1

34.1

45.8

56.8

67.2

79.8

79.7

77.3

91.1

131.6

169.2

204.8

227.3

207.8

2017

7.8

3.7

3.4

4.6

10.2

21.3

32.8

44.7

55.7

66.5

77.6

80.4

77.1

87.3

117.9

159.8

189.6

209.0

196.2

2018

12.0

11.2

10.4

10.5

13.2

23.2

34.2

45.3

56.9

67.1

79.0

84.3

80.2

89.5

116.6

162.0

196.3

216.3

208.7

Anxiolytics

                   

2015

0.0

0.2

1.0

3.7

11.3

23.9

36.7

50.8

60.2

68.2

69.9

65.0

54.5

53.7

65.6

79.7

93.1

97.5

83.4

2016

0.0

0.2

1.0

3.5

10.3

22.4

34.6

48.5

58.4

64.6

69.3

64.2

53.1

51.4

60.0

72.0

85.0

90.3

78.4

2017

0.0

0.2

0.9

3.4

9.7

21.0

32.7

46.0

56.3

62.6

66.4

62.9

52.0

48.4

53.5

65.2

75.7

80.9

71.7

2018

0.0

0.2

0.9

3.5

9.3

19.7

31.6

43.9

54.8

60.8

65.1

63.4

52.4

47.5

51.1

60.6

71.4

76.1

68.4

BZRAs

                   

2015

0.0

0.1

1.1

5.6

20.2

44.7

68.9

95.3

115.4

135.8

145.9

140.7

129.8

143.4

200.1

250.3

295.6

320.2

281.7

2016

0.0

0.1

1.1

5.4

18.3

41.6

65.1

90.8

111.6

128.1

144.7

139.6

126.0

137.4

184.0

230.6

275.2

298.5

265.6

2017

0.0

0.1

1.0

5.1

17.4

39.4

62.3

87.0

108.2

124.8

139.3

138.4

124.4

130.8

165.1

215.9

253.1

274.4

250.3

2018

0.0

0.1

1.0

5.2

17.0

37.8

61.2

84.2

106.8

122.5

138.1

141.2

126.2

129.4

157.5

207.1

246.2

264.0

243.8

Z-drugs

                   

2015

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.6

2.1

4.5

6.5

8.6

10.2

12.7

15.0

16.1

17.0

22.1

36.8

48.3

59.3

66.5

60.6

2016

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.6

2.1

4.5

6.6

8.7

10.2

12.4

15.4

16.6

16.9

21.6

34.2

45.7

56.3

63.2

58.3

2017

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.6

2.2

4.8

7.1

9.1

10.8

13.0

16.0

17.5

17.9

21.9

32.1

46.0

55.4

62.3

59.0

2018

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.7

2.3

5.0

7.5

9.4

11.5

13.5

16.5

18.6

18.9

22.4

31.3

45.7

55.7

61.5

58.8

  1. BZRAs benzodiazepine receptor agonists