Table 2.

Weighted prevalence estimates of parent-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis by a health care provider among children aged 4–17 years^a by sociodemographic characteristics – National Survey of Children’s Health, United States, 2003, 2007, and 2011

	Ever-Diagnosed with ADHD							Current ADHD				Current ADHD and Current Medication for ADHD
	2003	2007	2011	2003–2011		2007–2011		2007	2011	2007–2011		2007	2011	2007–2011
	%	%	%	PRb	95% CIc	PRb	95% CIc	%	%	PRb	95% CIc	%	%	PRb	95% CIc
Overall	7.8	9.5	11.0	1.42	1.33–1.50	1.16	1.08–1.24	7.2	8.8	1.23	1.13–1.33	4.8	6.1	1.28	1.16–1.41
Sex
Male	11.0	13.2	15.1	1.37	1.28–1.48	1.15	1.06–1.24	10.3	12.1	1.17	1.07–1.29	6.9	8.4	1.22	1.09–1.36
Female	4.4	5.6	6.7	1.52	1.36–1.71	1.19	1.04–1.37	4.0	5.5	1.38	1.19–1.59	2.5	3.7	1.46	1.24–1.72
Age (%)
4–10 years of age	5.7	6.6	7.7	1.35	1.22–1.50	1.17	1.03–1.31	5.5	6.8	1.24	1.09–1.41	3.7	4.9	1.33	1.15–1.55
11–14 years of age	9.8	11.2	14.3	1.46	1.32–1.61	1.28	1.14–1.43	8.6	11.4	1.33	1.17–1.51	6.3	7.9	1.26	1.08–1.47
15–17 years of age	9.6	13.6	14.0	1.46	1.31–1.63	1.03	0.91–1.17	9.3	10.2	1.10	0.94–1.29	5.2	6.4	1.24	1.02–1.50
Highest Educ. in Household (%)
<HS	6.5	8.4	8.5	1.31	1.02–1.69	1.01	0.80–1.29	6.5	6.9	1.06	0.80–1.40	4.0	4.2	1.06	0.74–1.50
12 Years, HS Graduate	8.6	12.2	13.3	1.55	1.37–1.75	1.09	0.94–1.26	9.0	11.0	1.22	1.03–1.43	5.9	7.7	1.30	1.07–1.58
>HS	7.6	8.7	10.8	1.43	1.33–1.54	1.24	1.14–1.35	6.7	8.6	1.29	1.17–1.42	4.5	6.0	1.32	1.18–1.48
Race (%)
White	8.6	9.9	12.2	1.42	1.32–1.52	1.23	1.14–1.34	7.5	9.8	1.31	1.19–1.43	5.1	7.1	1.37	1.24–1.53
Black	7.7	10.1	11.9	1.54	1.30–1.83	1.18	0.99–1.40	7.8	9.5	1.22	0.99–1.50	5.1	5.7	1.12	0.86–1.45
Other	6.6	9.2	7.2	1.09	0.86–1.37	0.78	0.63–0.97	7.2	5.8	0.81	0.64–1.04	4.4	3.5	0.81	0.59–1.11
Ethnicity (%)
Hispanic/Latino	3.7	5.6	6.9	1.88	1.48–2.38	1.22	0.94–1.60	4.1	5.5	1.33	0.99–1.81	2.4	3.1	1.32	0.90–1.93
Non-Hispanic/Latino	8.6	10.5	12.3	1.43	1.35–1.52	1.18	1.10–1.26	8.0	9.9	1.24	1.15–1.35	5.4	7.0	1.30	1.18–1.44
Primary Language in Home (%)
English	8.6	10.5	12.4	1.44	1.35–1.53	1.18	1.10–1.27	8.0	10.0	1.26	1.16–1.36	5.3	7.0	1.31	1.19–1.44
Any other language	1.3	2.3	2.7	2.10	1.33–3.33	1.15	0.72–1.85	1.8	2.0	1.10	0.61–1.97	0.9	0.9	1.08	0.49–2.38
Federal Poverty Level (%)d
≤100%	9.3	11.6	12.9	1.39	1.21–1.61	1.11	0.96–1.29	9.2	10.9	1.18	1.00–1.39	6.3	6.8	1.09	0.88–1.34
>100% to ≤200%	7.9	10.3	11.8	1.49	1.31–1.70	1.14	0.97–1.33	7.7	9.4	1.22	1.03–1.46	4.7	6.5	1.40	1.14–1.71
>200%	7.3	8.6	10.0	1.37	1.27–1.48	1.16	1.06–1.28	6.5	7.9	1.22	1.09–1.36	4.4	5.6	1.30	1.14–1.47
Any Health Care Coverage (%)
Yes	8.1	9.8	11.3	1.40	1.31–1.49	1.15	1.07–1.24	7.6	9.2	1.21	1.11–1.31	5.1	6.3	1.25	1.13–1.37
Medicaid/SCHIPe (public)	10.8	13.6	14.4	1.33	1.21–1.47	1.06	0.95–1.18	10.9	11.9	1.10	0.97–1.24	7.5	8.1	1.08	0.93–1.24
Non-Medicaid (private)	7.0	8.1	9.4	1.36	1.25–1.47	1.17	1.06–1.28	6.1	7.5	1.23	1.10–1.37	4.1	5.3	1.31	1.15–1.49
No	4.9	6.7	6.4	1.32	0.96–1.81	0.96	0.67–1.37	3.7	4.1	1.11	0.74–1.65	1.7	2.3	1.31	0.71–2.42
Region
Northeast	7.4	9.4	10.1	1.38	1.20–1.58	1.08	0.92–1.27	7.4	8.1	1.09	0.91–1.30	4.5	5.4	1.18	0.94–1.48
Midwest	7.9	9.9	12.1	1.53	1.38–1.68	1.22	1.10–1.35	7.6	10.0	1.32	1.17–1.49	5.3	7.1	1.35	1.18–1.56
South	9.1	10.9	12.6	1.38	1.26–1.51	1.15	1.04–1.27	8.3	10.1	1.22	1.09–1.37	5.8	7.3	1.25	1.09–1.45
West	5.8	7.0	8.1	1.40	1.15–1.69	1.16	0.91–1.47	5.1	6.4	1.24	0.95–1.63	2.8	3.8	1.33	0.96–1.84

^aAnalytic sample included 79,264 children in 2003, 73,123 children in 2007, and 76,015 children in 2011.

^bPR = Prevalence Ratio

^cCI = Confidence Interval

^dFederal poverty level; multiple imputations were used for 10.0% of 2003, 8.9% of 2007, 9.4% of 2011 for which household income was missing.

^eSCHIP: State Children’s Health Insurance Program