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Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Epidemiologic issues in ADHD

Percent of Youth 4-17 ever diagnosed and currently medicated for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: National Survey of Children's Health, 2003


Chart of US states and their prevalence rate for children currently medicated with ADHD

State Medicated State Medicated State Medicated
US 4.33 Louisiana 6.34 Oklahoma 4.08
Alabama 6.48 Maine 4.48 Oregon 3.83
Alaska 3.95 Maryland 5.48 Pennsylvania 5.34
Arkansas 6.51 Massachusetts 5.43 Rhode Island 5.86
Arizona 3.02 Michigan 5.32 South Carolina 6.24
California 2.13 Minnesota 4.67 South Dakota 4.24
Colorado 2.75 Mississippi 5.38 Tennessee 4.79
Connecticut 3.26 Missouri 4.53 Texas 4.87
Delaware 5.97 Montana 4.38 Utah 3.06
Florida 4.82 Nebraska 4.29 Vermont 3.79
Georgia 5.57 Nevada 3.33 Virginia 5.46
Hawaii 2.71 New Hampshire 5.67 Washington 4.03
Idaho 3.66 New Jersey 3.10 Washington, DC 3.48
Illinois 3.32 New Mexico 3.48 West Virginia 5.81
Indiana 4.96 New York 3.39 Wisconsin 4.66
Iowa 5.52 North Carolina 6.14 Wyoming 3.98
Kansas 5.34 North Dakota 4.38    
Kentucky 4.77 Ohio 4.97    

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Date: September 20, 2005
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

 

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