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. 2022 Aug 8;119(31-32):527–534. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.m2022.0244

Table 5. 30-Day prevalence of medication use and daily use; extrapolations to the 18- to 64-year-old population.

Medications Men Women Total *1 Extrapolation  *2
n % [95% CI] n % [95% CI] n % [95% CI] N [95% CI]
Prevalence of use
 Non-opioid analgesics 1417 38.0 [35.9; 40.2] 2872 57.1 [55.4; 58.8] 4293 47.4 [46.0; 48.8] 24.2 M [23.5; 25.0]
 Opioid analgesics 58 2.0 [1.5; 2.6] 84 2.3 [1.7; 2.9] 142 2.1 [1.7; 2.5] 1.1 M [869; 1.3]
 Hypnotics or sedatives 152 4.3 [3.5; 5.3] 297 6.5 [5.6; 7.4] 450 5.4 [4.8; 6.0] 2.8 M [2.5; 3.1]
 Analeptics 44 1.0 [0.6; 1.4] 38 0.6 [0.4; 0.8] 82 0.8 [0.6; 1.0] 409 [307; 511]
 Anoretics 6 0.2 [0.1; 0.6] 16 0.7 [0.4; 1.2] 22 0.4 [0.2; 0.7] 205 [102; 358]
 Antidepressants 140 4.7 [3.8; 5.8] 269 6.0 [5.2; 6.8] 410 5.3 [4.7; 6.0] 2.7 M [2.4; 3.1]
 Neuroleptics 41 1.4 [1.0; 2.1] 57 1.3 [1.0; 1.8] 99 1.4 [1.1; 1.8] 716 [563; 921]
 At least one of these medications 1558 42.5 [40.3; 44.7] 3023 60.6 [58.8; 62.3] 4586 51.4 [50.0; 52.8] 26.2 M [25.6; 27.0]
Daily use
 Non-opioid analgesics 105 9.8 [7.7; 12.5] 92 5.0 [3.6; 6.8] 197 6.9 [5.6; 8.5] 1.7 M [1.3; 2.1]
 Opioid analgesics 22 32.1 [20.3; 46.7] 30 46.3 [32.8; 60.3] 52 39.6 [30.3; 49.8] 425 [263; 636]
 Hypnotics or sedatives 43 33.1 [24.3; 43.3] 56 24.0 [18.2; 30.9] 99 27.7 [22.7; 33.2] 764 [557; 1.0]
 Analeptics 11 21.4 [11.2; 37.1] 15 42.2 [26.4; 59.7] 26 28.8 [19.1; 41.0] 118 [58; 209]
 Anorectics 2 63.4 [16.2; 94.0] 9 55.2 [26.6; 80.8] 11 57.2 [32.4; 78.8] 117 [33; 281]
 Antidepressants 123 89.7 [82.5; 94.1] 241 91.0 [86.3; 94.3] 365 90.4 [86.8; 93.2] 2.5 M [2.1; 2.9]
 Neuroleptics 36 90.2 [77.9; 96.0] 39 76.6 [61.6; 87.0] 76 83.9 [74.8; 90.2] 601 [420; 830]
 At least one of these medications 268 22.3 [19.3; 25.5] 399 16.5 [14.7; 18.5] 668 18.9 [17.2; 20.8] 5.0 M [4.4; 5.6]

*1 Includes men, women, and diverse

*2 Mean based on 51,139,451 individuals aged 18–64 years (as of 31.12.2020, German Federal Statistical Office)

n = Unweighted number; % = weighted prevalence; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; N = extrapolation in thousands except where millions indicated; M, millions