Table 1

The distribution of users of the incident cohort in terms of total number of calendar months the dispensing was recorded

Total no of calendar months	Opioids				Benzodiazepines
Total no of calendar months	Overall	% of overall	Men %	Women %	Overall	% of overall	Men %	Women %
1	170 797	71.92	48.40	51.60	70 101	70.67	42.40	57.60
2	39 791	16.75	48.50	51.50	15 549	15.68	42.18	57.82
3	12 457	5.25	47.45	52.55	5565	5.61	42.86	57.14
4	5336	2.25	47.56	52.44	2744	2.77	45.08	54.92
5	2692	1.13	50.11	49.89	1577	1.59	48.07	51.93
6	1708	0.72	49.82	50.18	922	0.93	46.75	53.25
7	1062	0.45	51.22	48.78	658	0.66	48.18	51.82
8	741	0.31	52.77	47.23	477	0.48	46.75	53.25
9	570	0.24	50.18	49.82	341	0.34	52.49	47.51
10	448	0.19	46.88	53.13	251	0.25	46.61	53.39
11	365	0.15	47.12	52.88	220	0.22	48.64	51.36
12	272	0.11	51.47	48.53	155	0.16	45.16	54.84
13	212	0.09	51.89	48.11	131	0.13	54.96	45.04
14	189	0.08	44.97	55.03	96	0.10	42.71	57.29
15	195	0.08	46.67	53.33	80	0.08	46.25	53.75
16	139	0.06	41.73	58.27	63	0.06	39.68	60.32
17	141	0.06	55.32	44.68	65	0.07	44.62	55.38
18	100	0.04	46.00	54.00	47	0.05	42.55	57.45
19	78	0.03	43.59	56.41	46	0.05	50.00	50.00
20	74	0.03	58.11	41.89	34	0.03	50.00	50.00
21	43	0.02	53.49	46.51	25	0.03	52.00	48.00
22	45	0.02	48.89	51.11	29	0.03	34.48	65.52
23	28	0.01	46.43	53.57	15	0.02	33.33	66.67
24	10	0.00	40.00	60.00	4	0.00	50.00	50.00
Total	237 493		48.41	51.59	99 195		42.75	57.25