This statistic shows the percentage of the total U.S. population using at least one prescription drug in the past month (30 days) in selected time intervals between 1988 and 2018. In the 2015-2018 period, 45.7 percent of the U.S. population used at least one prescription drug within 30 days.
Percentage of total U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018*
* Both sexes, age-adjusted. Percent of population with at least one prescription drug in past 30 days.
Values not included in the pdf version of the report were taken from the Health, United States, trend tables.
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US Department of Health and Human Services. (March 2, 2021). Percentage of total U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/492239/us-population-with-usage-of-prescription-drugs-within-one-month/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of total U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018*." Chart. March 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/492239/us-population-with-usage-of-prescription-drugs-within-one-month/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Percentage of total U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/492239/us-population-with-usage-of-prescription-drugs-within-one-month/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of Total U.S. Population with Usage of Prescription Drugs within past Month in Periods between 1988 and 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/492239/us-population-with-usage-of-prescription-drugs-within-one-month/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Percentage of total U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/492239/us-population-with-usage-of-prescription-drugs-within-one-month/ (last visited November 18, 2024)
Percentage of total U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018* [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, March 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/492239/us-population-with-usage-of-prescription-drugs-within-one-month/
