In the 2021 financial year in New Zealand, there were almost 450 thousand initial dispensings of anxiolytics in the country, of which over 300 thousand were dispensed to adults aged between 20 and 64 years of age.
Number of anxiolytic initial dispensings* in New Zealand in financial year 2021, by demographic
New Zealand's financial year runs from April 1 to March 31 of the stated year; for example, financial year 2021 starts on April 1, 2020 and ends on March 31, 2021.
Supplementary notes
*The number of times a pharmaceutical product was dispensed from a pharmacy to a named person as initial dispensing’s or all at once (i.e. excludes repeat dispensing’s). The Pharmaceutical Collection only counts publicly funded, community dispensed pharmaceuticals; it does not count hospital
dispensings, drugs not funded by Pharmac, or prescriptions that were never dispensed
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Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. (March 22, 2022). Number of anxiolytic initial dispensings* in New Zealand in financial year 2021, by demographic [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336749/new-zealand-number-of-anxiolytic-initial-dispensings-by-demographic/
Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. "Number of anxiolytic initial dispensings* in New Zealand in financial year 2021, by demographic." Chart. March 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336749/new-zealand-number-of-anxiolytic-initial-dispensings-by-demographic/
Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. (2022). Number of anxiolytic initial dispensings* in New Zealand in financial year 2021, by demographic. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336749/new-zealand-number-of-anxiolytic-initial-dispensings-by-demographic/
Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission. "Number of Anxiolytic Initial Dispensings* in New Zealand in Financial Year 2021, by Demographic." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336749/new-zealand-number-of-anxiolytic-initial-dispensings-by-demographic/
Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, Number of anxiolytic initial dispensings* in New Zealand in financial year 2021, by demographic Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336749/new-zealand-number-of-anxiolytic-initial-dispensings-by-demographic/ (last visited January 03, 2025)
Number of anxiolytic initial dispensings* in New Zealand in financial year 2021, by demographic [Graph], Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, March 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1336749/new-zealand-number-of-anxiolytic-initial-dispensings-by-demographic/