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Description - Figure 7 - Number of Clients exceeding the maximum recommended dose of benzodiazepines (equivalent to 40 mg of diazepam) from 2000 to 2009

Bar graph showing the number of clients exceeding the maximum recommended dose of benzodiazepines (equivalent to 40 mg of diazepam) and line graph showing the percentage of clients exceeding the maximum recommended dose of benzodiazepines (equivalent to 40 mg of diazepam) from 2000 to 2009

• 2000: approximately 490 clients and approximately 0.07 percent
• 2001: approximately 598 clients and approximately 0.08 percent
• 2002: approximately 600 clients and approximately 0.09 percent
• 2003: approximately 810 clients and approximately 0.11 percent
• 2004: approximately 800 clients and approximately 0.10 percent
• 2005: (when the NE code was introduced) approximately 850 clients and 0.11 percent
• 2006: approximately 730 clients and 0.09 percent
• 2007: approximately 728 clients and approximately 0.11 percent
• 2008: approximately 700 clients and approximately 0.08 percent
• 2009: Reduced the number of clients exceeding the maximum recommended daily dose of drugs in the benzodiazepine class.