The number and percentage of children, per age group, identified as taking benzodiazepines in the long term (>90 days)
| Males | Females | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤90 days | >90 days | Total | ≤90 days | >90 days | Total | |
| 2002–2006 | ||||||
| 0–4 years | 1360 (95.6%) | 62 (4.4%) | 1422 | 1114 (96.0%) | 46 (4.0%) | 1160 |
| 5–11 years | 1381 (93.7%) | 93 (6.3%) | 1474 | 1101 (91.9%) | 97 (8.1%) | 1198 |
| 12–15 years | 1162 (93.6%) | 80 (6.4%) | 1242 | 1280 (95.0%) | 67 (5.0%) | 1348 |
| 2007–2011 | ||||||
| 0–4 years | 1166 (95.4%) | 56 (4.5%) | 1222 | 923 (94.6%) | 53 (5.4%) | 976 |
| 5–11 years | 1325 (92.9%) | 101 (7.1%) | 1426 | 956 (91.6%) | 88 (8.4%) | 1044 |
| 12–15 years | 1234 (94.0%) | 79 (6.0%) | 1313 | 1388 (94.3%) | 84 (5.7%) | 1472 |