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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

CDC: More Than 20% Of 14-Year-Old Boys Diagnosed With ADHD

The percentage of American children from 4 through 17 years of age who have ever been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased 42 percent from 2003 to 2011, according to a newly released study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study indicated that more than 20 percent of 11- and 14-year-old American boys had been diagnosed with ADHD at some point in their lives, that boys were 125 percent more likely than girls to be diagnosed with the disorder, and that boys were 127 percent more likely than girls to be medicated for it.

The study also found that children in public health programs (Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program) were 53 percent more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than children with private health insurance.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe if parents in this country would actually parent their children, the numbers would not be so high.
I get a few children may have true ADHD, but many of the ones I see that are on meds, just have parents who are lazy.

Anonymous said...

I'm 67 YO... And, in retrospect, I most certainly had ADHD as a child.
The only difference was it was called "bad kid" in those days; and my Dad had a perfect cure for it: The back of his hand to my head. No more ADHD. Just good kid.

Anonymous said...

It was called ant's in your pants...a boy being a boy.