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Table 2 Index Benzodiazepine Prescribed to Incident and Continuing Benzodiazepine Users

From: Prescription characteristics associated with fall-related injury risk among older adults prescribed benzodiazepines: a cohort study

 

N (%)

Index BZD prescriptiona

Incident Cohort

N=379,273

Continuing Cohort

N=509,634

Alprazolam

133,530 (35.2)

186,570 (36.6)

Lorazepam

123,142 (32.5)

146,991 (28.8)

Clonazepam

33,376 (8.8)

85,962 (16.9)

Diazepam

61,668 (16.3)

48,015 (9.4)

Temazepam

23,172 (6.1)

35,948 (7.1)

Clorazepate

1,992 (0.5)

4,480 (0.9)

Chlordiazepoxide

1,688 (0.4)

2,205 (0.4)

Triazolam

1,273 (0.3)

1,461 (0.3)

Oxazepam

340 (0.1)

1,003 (0.2)

Flurazepam

200 (0.1)

324 (0.1)

  1. BZD Benzodiazepine
  2. aColumn percentages may sum to >100% due to some patients being prescribed >1 index BZD prescriptions on the same day. Only the top 10 BZDs are shown: estazolam, midazolam, and clobazam each accounted for ≤0.1% within each cohort
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BMC Geriatrics

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