Table 2.

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