This statistic shows the percentage of the total U.S. population using at least one prescription drug within the past month (30 days) in selected time intervals between 1988 and 2018. In the 2015-2018 period, 41.7 percent of the male population used at least one prescription drug within 30 days.
Percentage of U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018, by gender*
* 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 U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018, by gender* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/492254/us-population-with-usage-of-rx-drugs-within-one-month-by-gender/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018, by gender*." Chart. March 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/492254/us-population-with-usage-of-rx-drugs-within-one-month-by-gender/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2021). Percentage of U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018, by gender*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/492254/us-population-with-usage-of-rx-drugs-within-one-month-by-gender/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of U.S. Population with Usage of Prescription Drugs within past Month in Periods between 1988 and 2018, by Gender*." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/492254/us-population-with-usage-of-rx-drugs-within-one-month-by-gender/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Percentage of U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018, by gender* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/492254/us-population-with-usage-of-rx-drugs-within-one-month-by-gender/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. population with usage of prescription drugs within past month in periods between 1988 and 2018, by gender* [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, March 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/492254/us-population-with-usage-of-rx-drugs-within-one-month-by-gender/
