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U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs by age 1988-2018

Published by
John Elflein,
Mar 26, 2021
This statistic shows the percentage of the U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within the past month between 1988 and 2018. In the period 2015-2018, 21.5 percent of the population under 18 years used prescription drugs.

Percentage of U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month between 1988 and 2018, by age

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