quickstats: percentage of adults aged 20 years and older who used prescription sleep aids in the past 30 days, by age group and sex national health and nutrition examination survey, united states, 2005 2010 /

During 2005-2010,women were more likely to employ a prescription sleep aid than men (5.0% versus 3.1%). Within the three age groups examined, women also were more likely to employ a prescription sleep aid than men. For both men and women, and adults aged 20-39 years reported lower employ of sleep aids than adults aged 40-59 years and 60 years and older.

Source: cdc.gov