ADHD is diagnosed Less often in girls than in boys, and 11% percent of 4- to 17-year-olds receive the diagnosis.
In this study, boys born in December were 30% more likely than boys born in January to receive an ADHD diagnosis, and 41% more likely to receive a prescription for medication to treat the condition. Girls who were born in December had a 70% higher likelihood of receiving an ADHD diagnosis and a 77% higher likelihood of being given a prescription for therapy.
Between 2014 and 2016, this includes 14.5 percent of 5 to 17-year-old boys and 6.5 percent of 5 to 17-year-old girls. In other words, guys are much more likely than girls to be given an ADHD diagnosis. This has caused many people to have the false assumption that ADHD is a "boys' disorder" that hardly ever affects girls.
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