Number of people dispensed ADHD treatments by age and gender, 2016 to 2020
15 February 2021
Dear [name and contact details withheld]
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
Thank you for your request dated 15 January 2021 under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) for information relating to the ADHD treatments data provided in PHARMAC’s 2017 ‘Going to your head’ publication. [PDF, 447 KB]
You asked for updated ADHD treatment usage data (for individual patients) to inform an updated graph as shown on page 10 of ‘Going to your head’.
Please find summary data in the table below of the number of people who were dispensed ADHD treatments in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 (based on age at the end of the corresponding year).
Number of people dispensed ADHD treatments
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age band |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
90+ |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
85-89 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
80-84 |
9 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
11 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
75-79 |
9 |
14 |
9 |
17 |
11 |
22 |
16 |
27 |
16 |
29 |
70-74 |
20 |
38 |
26 |
49 |
31 |
54 |
30 |
62 |
33 |
63 |
65-69 |
38 |
77 |
44 |
76 |
46 |
82 |
48 |
83 |
62 |
87 |
60-64 |
61 |
105 |
76 |
125 |
82 |
135 |
106 |
172 |
121 |
191 |
55-59 |
119 |
189 |
132 |
198 |
147 |
226 |
161 |
242 |
208 |
280 |
50-54 |
189 |
255 |
194 |
296 |
247 |
337 |
301 |
405 |
325 |
472 |
45-49 |
229 |
372 |
266 |
409 |
303 |
472 |
348 |
540 |
449 |
599 |
40-44 |
254 |
379 |
284 |
452 |
326 |
526 |
403 |
607 |
495 |
733 |
35-39 |
244 |
498 |
287 |
561 |
332 |
716 |
432 |
822 |
573 |
1,006 |
30-34 |
313 |
684 |
389 |
813 |
481 |
965 |
585 |
1,159 |
775 |
1,455 |
25-29 |
426 |
1,106 |
463 |
1,252 |
624 |
1,379 |
759 |
1,493 |
985 |
1,743 |
20-24 |
508 |
1,280 |
612 |
1,375 |
707 |
1,555 |
878 |
1,728 |
1,135 |
1,847 |
15-19 |
860 |
2,537 |
961 |
2,769 |
1,064 |
3,017 |
1,205 |
3,264 |
1,503 |
3,551 |
10-14 |
1,088 |
4,371 |
1,155 |
4,768 |
1,296 |
5,224 |
1,417 |
5,864 |
1,656 |
6,421 |
05-09 |
634 |
2,711 |
712 |
2,913 |
764 |
3,138 |
841 |
3,410 |
896 |
3,662 |
00-04 |
5 |
23 |
4 |
16 |
3 |
29 |
5 |
27 |
2 |
26 |
Total |
5,011 |
14,652 |
5,628 |
16,103 |
6,476 |
17,890 |
7,554 |
19,916 |
9,252 |
22,176 |
Please note, we are unable to produce an updated graph similar to the graph shown on page 10 of the ‘Going to your head’ publication at this time. We trust that this information answers your queries.
We are making our information more freely available, so we will now publish selected OIA responses (excluding personal details) on our website. Please get in touch with us if you have any questions about this.
Yours sincerely
Rachel Read
Manager, Policy and Government Services