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The estimated prevalence of childhood ADHD in Asia is less than 5%, which is similar to its prevalence in South America, Europe, North America, and Oceania. [8] The estimated prevalence of adult ADHD is 25.66% in the South-East Asia Region and 9.67% in the Western Pacific Region. [11]
The combined prevalence of ADHD in older adults by clinical diagnosis was estimated to be 0.23%. The discrepancy in prevalence between research diagnosis and clinical diagnosis might be explained by either a potential overestimate by ADHD-rating scales or underdiagnosis by clinicians. [58] Lastly, the prevalence of treatment for ADHD in older ...
Between 1993 and 2003 the worldwide use of medications that treat ADHD increased almost threefold. [65] Most ADHD medications are prescribed in the United States. [65] In the 1990s, the US accounted for 90% of global use of stimulants such as methylphenidate and dextroamphetamine.
Approximately 15.5 million adults had an ADHD diagnosis in 2023, according to a new report from the CDC. The study also found that adults with ADHD were more likely to be 50 or younger (84.5% ...
Individuals with ADHD are significantly overrepresented in prison populations. Although there is no generally accepted estimate of ADHD prevalence among inmates, a 2015 meta-analysis estimated a prevalence of 25.5%, and a larger 2018 meta-analysis estimated the frequency to be 26.2%. [328]
There have been various major infectious diseases with high prevalence worldwide, but they are currently not listed in the above table as epidemics/pandemics due to the lack of definite data, such as time span and death toll. An Ethiopian child with malaria, a disease with an annual death rate of 619,000 as of 2021. [18]
The following is a list of the causes of human deaths worldwide for different years arranged by their associated mortality rates. In 2002, there were about 57 million deaths . In 2005, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), about 58 million people died. [ 1 ]
In 1980, the DSM-III introduced the term "ADD (Attention-Deficit Disorder) with or without hyperactivity." That terminology (ADD) technically expired with the revision in 1987 to ADHD in the DSM-III-R. In the DSM-IV, published in 1994, ADHD with sub-types was presented. The DSM-IV-TR was released in 2000, primarily to correct factual errors and ...