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Characteristic n (%) Demographic Gender Male 31 (75.6) Female 10 (24.4) Employment status at the time of interview Employed 12 (29.3) Unemployed 11 (26.8) Retired 1 (2.4) On disability pension 16 (39.0) No data 1 (2.4) Substance use Years of benzodiazepine use <5 14 (34.1) 5–9 12 (29.3) >10 14 (34.1) Not available 1 (2.4) Age at first benzodiazepine use, years <25 15 (36.6) 25–39 18 (43.9) >40 7 (17.1) Could not recall 1 (2.4) Maximum dosage of benzodiazepines as diazepam equivalents, mg <50 14 (34.1) 50–99 14 (34.1) >100 13 (31.7) Number of additional substances used 0 4 (9.8) 1 8 (19.5) >1 29 (70.7) Comorbid psychiatric disorders Number of comorbid psychiatric diagnosis groups except SUD (F2, F3, F4, F6, F9) 0 10 (24.4) 1 15 (36.6) >1 16 (39.0) Comorbid psychiatric diagnosis groups except SUD F2: Schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, and other non-mood psychotic disorders 1 (2.4) F3: Mood [affective] disorders 21 (51.2) F4: Anxiety, dissociative, stress-related, somatoform and other nonpsychotic mental disorders 12 (29.3) F6: Disorders of adult personality and behavior 14 (34.1) F9: Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (e.g. ADHD) 1 (2.4) Anterograde amnesia Present 25 (61.0) Absent 14 (34.1) No data 2 (4.9) Most commonly associated benzodiazepine (n = 25) Flunitrazepam 2 (8) (With alcohol) 1 (4) Midazolam 7 (28) (With alcohol) 3 (12) Oxazepam 1 (4) Unavailable/other combination 11 (44) Delinquency associated with anterograde amnesia (n = 25) Yes 15 (60) No 5 (20) Unknown 5 (20) N = 41. SUD, substance use disorder.