Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)*

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: ADHD
• The U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

Morbidity: Children aged 5–17 years

• Percent ever diagnosed with ADHD: 10.4% (2013–2015)
• Percent of boys ever diagnosed with ADHD: 14.2% (2013–2015)
• Percent of girls ever diagnosed with ADHD: 6.4% (2013–2015)

Source: Health, United States, 2016, table 35[PDF – 9.8 MB]

Physician office visits

• Number of visits to physician offices with attention deficit disorder as the primary diagnosis: 10.9 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2013 Summary Tables, table 16 [PDF – 926 MB]

Morbidity: Children aged 5–17 years

• Percent ever diagnosed with ADHD: 10.4% (2013–2015)
• Percent of boys ever diagnosed with ADHD: 14.2% (2013–2015)
• Percent of girls ever diagnosed with ADHD: 6.4% (2013–2015)

Source: Health, United States, 2016, table 35[PDF – 9.8 MB]

Physician office visits

• Number of visits to physician offices with attention deficit disorder as the primary diagnosis: 10.9 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2013 Summary Tables, table 16 [PDF – 926 MB]