Table 4 Proportions of medical disorders among the subjects using sedative-hypnotics
From: Trends, correlates, and disease patterns of sedative-hypnotic use among elderly persons in Taiwan
Medical Disorder (ICD-9-CM Code) | BZD (N05CD) (n = 2870) | Non-BZD (N05CF) (n = 2705) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Without psychiatric disorder | ||||
 Neoplasms (140-239) | 361 | 12.58 | 374 | 13.83 |
  Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung (162) | 69 | 2.40 | 64 | 2.37 |
  Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (155) | 44 | 1.53 | 44 | 1.63 |
 Diseases of the circulatory system (390-459) | 586 | 20.42 | 606 | 22.40 |
  Other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease (414) | 89 | 3.10 | 140 | 5.18 |
  Heart failure (428) | 72 | 2.51 | 84 | 3.11 |
  Occlusion of cerebral arteries (434) | 111 | 3.87 | 107 | 3.96 |
 Disease of the respiratory system (460-519) | 873 | 30.42 | 482 | 17.82 |
  Pneumonia, organism unspecified (486) | 291 | 10.14 | 142 | 5.25 |
  Chronic bronchitis (491) | 103 | 3.59 | 121 | 4.47 |
  Other diseases of lung (518) | 352 | 12.26 | 79 | 2.92 |
 Diseases of the digestive system (520-579) | 287 | 10.00 | 283 | 10.46 |
  Gastric ulcer (531) | 54 | 1.88 | 61 | 2.26 |
  Cholelithiasis (574) | 48 | 1.67 | 35 | 1.29 |
 Diseases of the genitourinary system (580-629) | 189 | 6.59 | 233 | 8.61 |
  Other disorders of urethra and urinary tract (599) | 69 | 2.40 | 91 | 3.36 |
 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710-739) | 143 | 4.98 | 267 | 9.87 |
  Osteoarthrosis and allied disorders (715) | 49 | 1.71 | 84 | 3.11 |
  Injury and poisoning (800-999) | 250 | 8.71 | 294 | 10.87 |
  Fracture of neck of femur (820) | 58 | 2.02 | 75 | 2.77 |