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Table 4 Incidence of hypnotics/anxiolytics prescriptions

From: Multimorbidity and use of hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs: cross-sectional and follow-up study in primary healthcare in Iceland

Age

Men

Women

All

groups

N

Cases

pr 1,000

N

Cases

pr 1,000

pr 1,000

<1–19

30,982

107

3.5

30,051

128

4.3

3.9

20–29

15,950

215

13.5

18,305

375

20.5

17.2

30–39

16,310

268

16.4

16,981

542

31.9

24.3

40–49

13,498

258

19.1

14,121

485

34.3

26.9

50–59

12,398

287

23.1

12,902

509

39.5

31.5

60–69

9,351

231

24.7

9,808

340

34.7

29.8

70–79

5,197

139

26.7

5,969

201

33.7

30.4

80+

4,103

102

24.9

5,896

118

20.0

22.0

Total

107,789

1,607

14.9

114,033

2,698

23.7

19.4

  1. Incidence of hypnotics and/or anxiolytics prescriptions in men and women in 2011 according to age and sex. No prior use for 24 months