Market Intelligence Resource | January 24, 2013
State-Based and Demographic Variation in Parent-Reported Medication Rates for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2007-2008
January 24, 2013
On January 24, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a public health research brief based on data from the 2007-2008 National Survey of ChildrenÂ’s Health (NSCH) to calculate weighted estimates of parent-reported Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and medication treatment among U.S. children aged 4 to 17 years, by state and sex-stratified age. State-based rates of ADHD medication treatment ranged from 33% in Nevada to 79% in Mississippi; rates of medicated ADHD were higher among boys than girls at every age. The CDC notes that state-based . . .
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