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According to the adhd statistics provided by the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) roughly 2 - 3 percent of all children are in fact ADHD. That means that in the average classroom in the United States with around thirty children one will be ADHD. Currently the estimated figure stands at around two million children in the country with ADHD although many more are believed to have the disorder but are not diagnosed and therefore also untreated. Dr Russell Barkly, a doctor who has conducted much research into both ADD and ADHD there are a number of interesting things to note. For example Dr Barkly discovered that boys are more likely to be diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder than their female counterparts who tend to more often be diagnosed with ADD instead. He found that around 75% of boys who are diagnosed with ADD also display the hyperactivity that is associated with ADHD compared with only 60% of girls. Around 40% of all children who are diagnosed with ADHD have at least one parent who is also ADHD. Dr Barkly's research provides other interesting adhd statistics: - ADHD kids usually develop around 30% slower than children who are not diagnosed with the disorder. - 25% will have a learning disability as well and sometimes of a particularly serious nature. - The parents of a child who has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are three times more likely to end up divorcing before the child is grown. - Teenagers who have been diagnosed with ADHD are more likely to be involved in automobile accidents and are seven times more likely to be involved in a second accident. The fact is that there have been thousands of clinical, scientific, and medical studies pertaining to ADHD and what the possible causes are, what the best treatments are, and so on. These studies have also looked into just how common the disorder is by evaluating the number of children living with it. When it comes to adhd statistics the results can be somewhat confusing and they can vary drastically. For example, while The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that roughly 2-3% of children in the US have ADHD other studies show the figure to be higher, at between 3-7%. Likewise, although Dr Barkly is by no means alone in discovering that boys are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than girls, even this finding is disputable since there are others who have determined that very often normal behavior is diagnosed as ADHD either by over-anxious parents or by over-eager doctors. So regardless of what the statistics may show it is estimated that around 9.5% of boys are likely to be diagnosed with ADHD compared with 5.9% of girls. There is one other area pertaining to statistics that is garnering increasing attention lately and that is the rate of medicating of children diagnosed with ADHD. According to a study done in 2003 around 2.5 million children in the United States alone were on some form of ADHD medication. This figure represents more than half of the number of children that were reported as having been diagnosed at that time. Alarmingly that number is on the rise. It has risen consistently each year. Not only has the number of children on medication increased but so has the rate of diagnosis. It has been suggested that there is more than a 3% increase in the number of children diagnosed with ADHD every year. Of course this increase in diagnosis cannot be attributed solely to overly zealous doctors. Studies have shown that there is a definite genetic link which implies that this a largely hereditary disorder. This means that environmental factors are not likely to be as responsible for ADHD as previously thought which means that foods long suspected of contributing to the development of the disorder are not in fact responsible. Nevertheless it has also been shown that certain foods can exacerbate the symptoms associated with disorder and changing the child's diet to exclude certain items like sugar, preservatives, additives, etc. can and does have a significant and positive impact on reducing the severity of the symptoms. To find invaluable info on adhd statistics, please take the time to visit my website at http://www.adhd-treatment-info.com/. I would love to introduce you to a natural homeopathic remedy that will help you to address the associated problems of ADHD and which will benefit your child as well. From V K Rajagopalan, strongly advocating Natural Healthy Living.
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