Table 1

Initiation of Benzodiazepine Treatment Among Patients With Incident Diagnoses of Anxiety or Sleeping Disorder

	Anxiety				Sleeping Disorder

	2008		2009		2008		2009

Characteristic	Diagnoses No.	Benzodiazepine Prescribed No. (%)	Diagnoses No.	Benzodiazepine Prescribed No. (%)	Diagnoses No.	Benzodiazepine Prescribed No. (%)	Diagnoses No.	Benzodiazepine Prescribed No. (%)
Overall	3,769	1,270 (33.7)	3,710	1,116 (30.1)^a	3,254	2,181 (67.0)	2,863	1,691 (59.1)^a
Sex,
Men	1,205	410 (34.0)	1,209	359 (29.7)^a	1,171	709 (60.5)	1,048	551 (52.6)^a
Women	2,564	860 (33.5)	2,501	757 (30.3)^a	2,083	1,472 (70.7)	1,815	1,140 (62.8)^a
Age, y,
18 –44	1,721	419 (24.3)	1,716	378 (22.0)	1,025	639 (62.3)	836	442 (52.9)^a
45–65	1,418	566 (39.9)	1,330	471 (35.4)^a	1,399	969 (69.3)	1,222	750 (61.4)^a
66 –75	331	161 (48.6)	358	151 (42.2)	419	296 (70.6)	380	238 (62.6)^a
>75	293	124 (42.3)	306	116 (37.9)	411	277 (67.4)	425	261 (61.3)