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QuickStats: Percentage* of Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years Who Had Ever Received a Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, by Sex and Year — United States, 2019–2025
Weekly / October 29, 2026 / 75(42);630
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Abbreviation: ADHD = attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
* Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population.
From 2019 to 2025, the percentage of children and adolescents aged 5–17 years who had ever received a diagnosis of ADHD increased from 9.9% to 13.8%. The percentage of boys and girls with ADHD diagnoses increased throughout this period; a higher percentage of boys than girls had ever received a diagnosis of ADHD.
Supplementary Table: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years Who Had Ever Received a Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, by Sex and Year — United States, 2019–2025
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2019–2025. About NHIS | National Health Interview Survey | CDC
Reported by: Nazik Elgaddal, MS, nelgaddal@cdc.gov.
For more information on this topic, CDC recommends the following link: Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) | CDC.
Suggested citation for this article: QuickStats: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years Who Had Ever Received a Diagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, by Sex and Year — United States, 2019–2025. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2026;75:630. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7542a2.
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