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Table 4 Changes in the proportions of individual types of sedatives-hypnotics for past-year use and NMU between the 2014 and 2018 waves of the national survey among people who could remember the names of the sedatives-hypnotics that they used in the past year

From: Trends in the use and nonmedical use of sedatives-hypnotics in the population aged 12 to 64 years in Taiwan: a comparative analysis of the national surveys in 2014 and 2018

 

Past-year use

 

Past-year NMU

2014 (N = 354)

 

2018 (N = 567)

Changes

(%)

 

2014 (N = 43)

 

2018 (N = 73)

Changes

(%)

n

%wt

 

n

%wt

 

n

%wt

 

n

%wt

BZDs

             

Total

154

40.94

 

363

65.73

24.79*

 

19

30.80

 

45

59.97

29.17*

Triazolam

5

1.24

 

29

6.02

4.78*

 

1

1.03

 

4

5.50

4.47

Alprazolam

50

10.21

 

144

26.19

15.99*

 

3

1.92

 

20

32.07

30.15*

Estazolam

63

16.48

 

104

19.30

2.82

 

13

19.57

 

12

17.30

-2.27

Brotizolam

19

5.90

 

24

4.06

-1.85

 

3

4.35

 

4

4.87

0.52

Lorazepam

25

6.86

 

35

5.44

-1.42

 

3

8.01

 

2

0.86

-7.15

Z-drugs

             

Total

241

70.90

 

205

35.00

-35.90*

 

30

70.12

 

28

38.67

-31.45*

Zolpidem

229

68.78

 

166

28.46

-40.32*

 

29

69.26

 

24

31.16

-38.10*

Zopiclone

9

2.62

 

45

7.14

4.53*

 

0

0.00

 

5

7.94

7.94*

Zaleplon

15

3.93

 

8

1.24

-2.68*

 

5

6.57

 

0

0.00

-6.57*

  1. Note: N = unweighted overall number; n = unweighted number; %wt=weighted prevalence
  2. *P < 0.05 for a z-test comparing two proportions for changes (%)