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CDC Details Use of Sleep Meds
Published: Aug 30, 2013
By John Gever, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today
Some 4% of American adults used prescription sleep medications in the past month, government survey data showed, with the highest rates among women, the elderly, whites, and the college-educated.
Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2010 indicated that 4.1% of respondents 20 and older said they had used a prescription sleep aid in the previous 30 days, according to a new data brief from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
The report represents the first large, nationally representative survey on prescription sleep drug use not reliant on administrative claims data, the authors indicated.
Among NHANES respondents 80 and older, the use rate was 7.0%, compared with 1.8% for individuals in their 20s and 30s (P<0 .05="" age="" for="" p="" trend="">
Women reported use of the agents at a rate of 5.0% versus 3.1% in men (P<0 .05="" among="" and="" blacks="" by="" categories="" followed="" highest="" in="" mexican-americans="" non-hispanic="" p="" racial-ethnic="" rate="" report="" said.="" the="" was="" whites="">
The report also showed a significant association between increasing education and use of prescription sleep drugs, with 3.0% of respondents with less than high school education reporting use versus 3.9% of those with only a high school diploma or the equivalent, and 4.4% of those with some college experience (P<0 .05="" for="" p="" trend="">
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CDC Details Use of Sleep Meds
Published: Aug 30, 2013
By John Gever, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today
Some 4% of American adults used prescription sleep medications in the past month, government survey data showed, with the highest rates among women, the elderly, whites, and the college-educated.
Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2010 indicated that 4.1% of respondents 20 and older said they had used a prescription sleep aid in the previous 30 days, according to a new data brief from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
The report represents the first large, nationally representative survey on prescription sleep drug use not reliant on administrative claims data, the authors indicated.
Among NHANES respondents 80 and older, the use rate was 7.0%, compared with 1.8% for individuals in their 20s and 30s (P<0 .05="" age="" for="" p="" trend="">
Women reported use of the agents at a rate of 5.0% versus 3.1% in men (P<0 .05="" among="" and="" blacks="" by="" categories="" followed="" highest="" in="" mexican-americans="" non-hispanic="" p="" racial-ethnic="" rate="" report="" said.="" the="" was="" whites="">
The report also showed a significant association between increasing education and use of prescription sleep drugs, with 3.0% of respondents with less than high school education reporting use versus 3.9% of those with only a high school diploma or the equivalent, and 4.4% of those with some college experience (P<0 .05="" for="" p="" trend="">
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