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While existing evidence has established findings of associations, more knowledge is needed regarding benzodiazepine (BZD) and non-benzodiazepine (n-BZD) hypnotics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To examine whether individuals in treatment with hypnotics had higher rates of suicide and suicide attempts than those not in treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A longitudinal nationwide cohort design was applied to individual-level register data, including all individuals aged 15+ years who lived in Denmark from 1995 to 2021. Incidence rate ratios (IRR) for suicide and suicide attempts were estimated using Poisson regression models. 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