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Table 4 The three most commonly prescribed drugs (classification, ATC-code level 5 and chemical substance) for mental disorders (ICD-10) from 2006 to 2008: number ( n ) of and percentage (%), with 95% CI, of older persons (men and women) prescribed drugs for mental disorders by specialists in geriatrics (GER), psychiatry (PSYCH), general practitioners (GP), other specialists (OTH) or by physicians without specialist education (WO)

From: Specialist prescribing of psychotropic drugs to older persons in Sweden - a register-based study of 188 024 older persons

Classification ATC Chem. Sub.

ICD-10

Specialists

Patients’ sex

2006

2007

2008

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

n

%

95% CI

Benzodiazepine derivative

F20-39, 41

GER

Men

470

4.0

3.6-4.3

492

4.1

3.7-4.4

551

4.6

4.2-4.9

  

Women

1218

4.1

3.9-4.3

1302

4.4

4.2-4.6

1378

4.7

4.5-5.0

N05BA04

 

PSYCH

Men

394

3.3

3.0-3.7

405

3.4

3.0-3.7

413

3.4

3.1-3.8

Oxazepam

  

Women

815

2.7

2.6-2.9

785

2.6

2.5-2.8

793

2.7

2.5-2.9

  

GP

Men

8042

68.3

67.4-69.1

8285

68.6

67.7-69.4

8148

67.7

66.8-68.5

   

Women

22132

74.4

73.9-74.9

22099

74.6

74.1-75.0

21655

74.2

73.7-74.7

  

OTH

Men

1613

13.7

13.1-14.3

1636

13.5

12.9-14.1

1677

13.9

13.3-14.5

   

Women

2929

9.8

9.5-10.2

2905

9.8

9.5-10.1

2816

9.6

9.3-10.0

  

WO

Men

1591

13.5

12.9-14.1

1621

13.4

12.8-14.0

1618

13.4

12.8-14.0

   

Women

3462

11.6

11.3-12.0

3462

11.7

11.3-12.0

3419

11.7

11.3-12.1

Benzodiazepine derivative

F20-39, 41

GER

Men

262

3.5

3.1-3.9

233

3.2

2.8-3.6

247

3.6

3.2-4.0

  

Women

477

3.8

3.4-4.1

485

4.0

3.7-4.4

481

4.1

3.8-4.5

N05BA01

 

PSYCH

Men

290

3.9

3.5-4.3

295

4.0

3.6-4.5

280

4.1

3.6-4.6

Diazepam

  

Women

415

3.3

3.0-3.6

411

3.4

3.1-3.7

422

3.6

3.3-4.0

  

GP

Men

4820

64.6

63.6-65.7

4799

65.8

64.7-66.9

4501

65.7

64.6-66.8

   

Women

9024

71.5

70.7-72.3

8577

71.4

70.6-72.2

8324

71.6

70.8-72.4

  

OTH

Men

1374

18.4

17.5-19.3

1263

17.3

16.4-18.2

1145

16.7

15.8-17.6

   

Women

1727

13.7

13.1-14.3

1606

13.4

12.8-14.0

1510

13.0

12.4-13.6

  

WO

Men

902

12.1

11.4-12.8

886

12.1

11.4-12.9

854

12.5

11.7-13.2

   

Women

1308

10.4

9.8-10.9

1280

10.7

10.1-11.2

1239

10.7

10.2-11.2

Non-selective monoamine reuptake inhibitor

F20-39

GER

Men

125

3.6

3.0-4.3

107

3.2

2.6-3.7

106

2.9

2.4-3.5

  

Women

269

3.2

2.8-3.5

280

3.3

2.9-3.7

276

3.2

2.8-3.6

 

PSYCH

Men

101

2.9

2.4-3.5

95

2.8

2.2-3.4

97

2.7

2.2-3.2

N06AA09

  

Women

269

3.2

2.8-3.5

251

2.9

2.6-3.3

254

2.9

2.6-3.3

Amitriptyline

 

GP

Men

2133

62.1

60.5-63.8

2172

64.0

62.4-65.6

2276

63.1

61.5-64.7

   

Women

5868

69.2

68.2-70.2

5957

70.0

69.0-70.9

6082

70.2

69.2-71.1

  

OTH

Men

585

17.0

15.8-18.3

553

16.3

15.1-17.5

624

17.3

16.1-18.5

   

Women

1038

12.2

11.5-12.9

1100

12.9

12.2-13.6

1133

13.1

12.4-13.8

  

WO

Men

568

16.5

15.2-17.8

531

15.7

14.4-16.9

569

15.8

14.6-17.0

   

Women

1254

14.8

14.0-15.5

1143

13.4

12.7-14.1

1145

13.2

12.5-13.9