Total U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within 30 days 1988-2018

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Jun 3, 2022

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*

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March 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1988 to 2018

Supplementary notes

* 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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