Table 3 Gender stratified socio-demographic indicators and incidence (%) of ADHD medication dispensed by origin
Swedish | Mixed | Euro High | Euro Middle | Non-Euro High | Non-Euro Mid | Non-Euro Low | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BOYS (n) | 544,583 | 83,114 | 9,758 | 15,702 | 3,596 | 32,453 | 23,086 | 712,292 |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Age | ||||||||
15–18 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 5.2 |
9–14 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 5.1 |
4–8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
Household Income Quintiles | ||||||||
Lowest | 6.2 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
2nd | 4.4 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 4.0 |
3rd | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
4th | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
Highest | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
Single Parent | ||||||||
8.6 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 7.5 | |
All | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.7 |
GIRLS (n) | 513,839 | 78,810 | 9,203 | 14,662 | 3,400 | 31,315 | 21,876 | 673,105 |
% | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
Age | ||||||||
15–18 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 |
9–14 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
4–8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Household income quintiles | ||||||||
Lowest | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
2nd | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
3rd | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
4th | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
Highest | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
Single parent | ||||||||
3.9 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 3.4 | |
All | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.6 |