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++++++++++++++++++ + +++ +DATA VAULT U +++ ++++++++++++++++++ ADHD ACROSS THE YEARS The Centers for Disease All Around Perspective Control and Prevention 2003 (CDC) reports steady increases in the numbers 7.9% 2007 of children reported by parents to have ADHD. ADHD has been 9.5% 2010 (from raw CDC data, as compiled described as having environmental and inherited causes. Here's 11% a look at some of the environmental and cultural by The New York Times) 6 8 10 12 factors that correlate with higher rates of childhood ADHD, according to the Centers for Disease Control ADHD Numbers Soar and Prevention: EXPLORE THE DATA BEHIND THE DIGITS. The most prevalent childhood neurodevelopmental disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects as many as 11 percent of school-age children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Media sources from National Public Radio to The New York Times debate whether this figure — a jump from earlier data placing ADHD rates as less than 10 percent in 2007 — results from increased awareness or a change in diagnostic criteria. However, the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that ADHD persists into adulthood about a third of the time, correlating with increased risk of suicide, as well as concomitant psychiatric disorders. The takeaway? ADHD is a chronic, often lifelong, condition worth taking seriously. I · Being a boy. The study did not address whether cultural or biological components of being male were more clearly associated with ADHD. · Family structure. Children in singleparent, female-headed households were more likely to have ADHD than children in twoparent households. · Living in the South. Children from southern states had 1% higher Top Comorbidities With Childhood ADHD 1. Learning disabilities (46 percent) 2. Conduct disorder (27 percent) 3. Anxiety (18 percent) 4. Depression (14 percent) rates of ADHD than the next-highest cohort, the Midwest. Children living in the West and Northeast had lower rates of ADHD. · Poverty. Children living in families with incomes 5. Speech problems (12 percent) equal to or less than the (Data from the National Children's Health Survey) poverty line had higher Twenty percent of adults diagnosed with ADHD experience bipolar disorder, according to the National Comorbidity Survey. rates of ADHD. · Race/ethnicity. Hispanic children had lower rates of ADHD than black or white children. Mind Your Meds According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 15 percent of college students have taken Adderall, Ritalin or other psychotherapeutic drugs for nonmedical purposes.