ADHD was acknowledged as a disorder by NICE in 2000
In 20 years it is estimated western countries of ADHD disorder has accelerated with a 10.2% increase. This is the data on the ones we know. A large percentage will not be diagnosed.
Boys amount to 15% of the overall numbers
Girls 8%
Asian children 4%
Western cultures vary in percentage
France 7.3 %
Ireland 6%
USA 5.2%
UK 5%
None Espanic black equates to 16.9%
None Espanic white equates to 14.7%
Hispanic 11.9%
During their lifetimes, 13 percent of men will be diagnosed with ADHD.
Just 4.2 percent of women will be diagnosed. The average age of ADHD diagnosis is 7 years old. Symptoms of ADHD typically first appear between the ages of 3 and 6 .
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The big jump has been in adults in the last decade.
Women 14% Men 41%
All that said during 2020-2022 11.3% of children 5-17 year old’s were diagnosed with ADHD at some point. With standard of care practice would lead to prescriptions including stimulants. Source: NCHS DataBriefNo499,March20,2024,stacks.cdc.gov
7 million prescriptions prescribed 2018
50 fold increase in prescriptions – UCL stats 2023 – NIHR report
Costs £100-250 per month per person
Cost to UK £104 million 2022/23 – up by 118% 2015-16 figures
Genetic
Science are concentrating on genetic variants suggesting 74% of cases are from lineage issues. And conclude it will affect 41% of boys
Science has discovered 7300 different variants, however most are common and do not prove ADHD would occur.
Which means it has become an Inherited generational transference from Utero.