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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)*

 (Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Morbidity

Number of children 3-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD:  4.7 million

Percent of children 3-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD:  7.4

Percent of boys 3-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD: 9.5

Percent of girls 3-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD 5.9

Source:  Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2006, Appendix III, Table VI

Health Care Use

Ambulatory Care

Annual number of ambulatory care visits for Attention Deficit Disorder per year:  5.4 million (2001-2002)

Source:  Ambulatory Care Visits to Physician Offices, Hospital Outpatient Departments, and Emergency Departments: United States, 2001-2002, Table 6

More Data

Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disability: United States, 1997-98

Selected prescription and nonprescription drugs visits, by sex and age: 1995-2005 Health, United States, 2007, Table 95

Health Data for All Ages

Related links

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Health Interview Survey

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

National Institute of Mental Health

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

*The term "Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)" is used rather than "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)" in some data sources.

This page last reviewed March 31, 2008