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Table 2 Frequency (%) of Benzodiazepine and Similar Sedative-Hypnotic Use in Demographic Categories, Stratified by the Presence of an Anxiety or Mood Disorder

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

 

%

 

With Anxiety/Mood Disorder

Without Anxiety/Mood Disorder

Sex

  

   • Men

9.4

2.0

   • Women

11.0

3.3

Marital Status

  

   • Married or Common-law

10.0

2.3

   • Single, Separated, Divorced, Widowed (Unmarried)

10.9

3.4

Income

  

   • High Income

8.5

1.8

   • Low Income

14.1

4.6

Education

  

   • High Education

8.0

1.8

   • Low Education

13.9

3.8