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  • Survey: 2018-2019 National Survey of Children's Health
  • Starting Point: Child and Family Health Measures
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  • Topic: Emotional and Mental Health
  • Question: Indicator 2.9: Medication for ADD/ADHD, autism/ASD, or other emotional/behavioral difficulties, age 3-17 years
  • Sub Group: Yes x Sex of child

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Indicator 2.9: Is this child taking medication for ADD/ADHD, autism/ASD, or difficulties with emotions, concentration, or behavior, age 3-17 years?

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StateMale %Female %
Alabama11.66.8
Alaska11.25.4
Arizona8.97.7
Arkansas13.18.8
California5.92.5
Colorado8.83.7
Connecticut11.47.8
Delaware15.67.4
District of Columbia8.45.3
Florida10.75.9
Georgia13.57.8
Hawaii5.73.1
Idaho9.06.5
Illinois9.78.9
Indiana13.08.9
Iowa14.08.7
Kansas11.86.6
Kentucky14.412.0
Louisiana17.814.3
Maine10.19.4
Maryland9.28.5
Massachusetts11.15.1
Michigan11.96.8
Minnesota10.06.3
Mississippi16.39.1
Missouri11.57.0
Montana11.911.7
Nebraska8.910.0
Nevada5.43.2
New Hampshire17.09.3
New Jersey7.33.3
New Mexico10.37.4
New York7.54.2
North Carolina12.98.5
North Dakota11.36.3
Ohio11.27.7
Oklahoma11.09.4
Oregon6.110.2
Pennsylvania11.23.8
Rhode Island13.78.2
South Carolina13.85.9
South Dakota12.26.3
Tennessee14.07.6
Texas10.48.3
Utah9.37.4
Vermont8.56.9
Virginia9.07.1
Washington12.85.8
West Virginia16.611.7
Wisconsin13.010.1
Wyoming8.67.1
        Please interpret with caution: estimate has a 95% confidence interval width exceeding 20 percentage points or 1.2 times the estimate and may not be reliable. For more information about the data suppression and display criteria click here.

Data Source: National Survey of Children’s Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. https://mchb.hrsa.gov/data/national-surveys

Citation: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. 2018-2019 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) data query. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Retrieved [mm/dd/yy] from [www.childhealthdata.org].

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