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Table 3 Frequency (%) of Benzodiazepine and Similar Sedative-Hypnotic Use, by Diagnosis

From: Hypnotic use in a population-based sample of over thirty-five thousand interviewed Canadians

Diagnosis

%

95% C.I.

Any Mood disorder

11.9

10.0 – 13.8

Any Anxiety disorder

11.4

9.4 – 13.4

Any Substance abuse disorder

2.3

1.4 – 3.3

Agoraphobia with panic*

17.5

10.7 – 24.4

Agoraphobia without panic

17.7

9.0 – 26.5

Alcohol Dependence

2.2

1.1 – 3.2

Mania

10.3

6.1 – 14.5

Panic Disorder*

14.2

10.4 – 17.9

Major Depressive Episode

12.3

10.3 – 14.3

Social Phobia

10.0

7.7 – 12.4

Self-reported Epilepsy**

12.4

6.4 – 18.4

Self-reported Schizophrenia**

19.2

11.2 – 27.1

  1. * The diagnoses "agoraphobia with panic" and "panic disorder" are not mutually exclusive.
  2. **The interview included items asking about a diagnosis of these conditions "by a health professional."
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Population Health Metrics

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