Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)*
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity: Children aged 5–17 years
- Percent ever diagnosed with ADHD: 10.8% (2016–2018)
- Percent of boys ever diagnosed with ADHD: 14.6% (2016–2018)
- Percent of girls ever diagnosed with ADHD: 6.9% (2016–2018)
Source: Health, United States, 2019, table 12 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with attention deficit disorder as the primary diagnosis: 13.6 million
* The term “attention deficit disorder (ADD)” is used rather than “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)” in some data sources.
More data
- Tables of Summary Health Statistics from the National Health Interview Survey
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities Among U.S. Children Aged 3–17 Years
- Prevalence of Children Aged 3–17 Years With Developmental Disabilities, by Urbanicity: United States, 2015–2018 pdf icon[PDF – 317 KB]
- Chronic School Absenteeism Among Children With Selected Developmental Disabilities: National Health Interview Survey, 2014–2016 pdf icon[PDF – 336 KB]
- Physician Office Visits for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents Aged 4–17 Years; United States 2012-2013
- Association Between Diagnosed ADHD and Selected Characteristics Among Children Aged 4–17 Years: United States, 2011–2013
- Diagnostic Experiences of Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder pdf icon[PDF – 230 KB]
- Psychotropic Medication Use Among Adolescents: United States, 2005–2010
- Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Healthexternal icon
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- National Health Interview Survey
- NCHS Survey Measures Catalog: Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Disability
- National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities: ADHD
- National Institute of Mental Health: ADHDexternal icon
- The U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Servicesexternal icon
Page last reviewed: March 1, 2021
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics