This statistic shows the user rate of prescribed hypnotics and sedatives in Norway from 2008 to 2021. The rate was generally decreasing during the period, with a peak in 2008, when 118.11 out of a thousand inhabitants were prescribed hypnotics or sedatives. In 2021, some 112 out of a thousand inhabitants were using hypnotics or sedatives.
Number of users of hypnotics and sedatives in Norway from 2008 to 2021
(per 1,000 inhabitants)
Characteristic
Number of users per thousand inhabitants
2021
111.9
2020
110.7
2019
110.9
2018
110
2017
111.1
2016
110.8
2015
111.06
2014
112.53
2013
111.8
2012
112.67
2011
114.88
2010
115.72
2009
117.66
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Folkehelseinstituttet. (September 19, 2022). Number of users of hypnotics and sedatives in Norway from 2008 to 2021 (per 1,000 inhabitants) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/967203/number-of-users-of-hypnotics-and-sedatives-in-norway/
Folkehelseinstituttet. "Number of users of hypnotics and sedatives in Norway from 2008 to 2021 (per 1,000 inhabitants) ." Chart. September 19, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/967203/number-of-users-of-hypnotics-and-sedatives-in-norway/
Folkehelseinstituttet. (2022). Number of users of hypnotics and sedatives in Norway from 2008 to 2021 (per 1,000 inhabitants) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/967203/number-of-users-of-hypnotics-and-sedatives-in-norway/
Folkehelseinstituttet. "Number of Users of Hypnotics and Sedatives in Norway from 2008 to 2021 (per 1,000 Inhabitants) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/967203/number-of-users-of-hypnotics-and-sedatives-in-norway/
Folkehelseinstituttet, Number of users of hypnotics and sedatives in Norway from 2008 to 2021 (per 1,000 inhabitants) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/967203/number-of-users-of-hypnotics-and-sedatives-in-norway/ (last visited April 11, 2025)
Number of users of hypnotics and sedatives in Norway from 2008 to 2021 (per 1,000 inhabitants) [Graph], Folkehelseinstituttet, September 19, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/967203/number-of-users-of-hypnotics-and-sedatives-in-norway/
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