This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in the United States in February 2017, by age. U.S. adults were asked if they had the impression that they were prescribed a drug that they did not need. In total, 11 percent of those between the ages of 30 and 44 years of age and 1 percent of those 60 years and older indicated that they felt they were always prescribed a drug that they did not need.
Percentage of U.S. adults who were under the impression they were prescribed a drug they did not really need as of 2017, by age
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Statista Survey. (February 10, 2017). Percentage of U.S. adults who were under the impression they were prescribed a drug they did not really need as of 2017, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/696300/us-adults-that-believe-they-have-been-prescribed-a-drug-they-did-not-need-by-age/
Statista Survey. "Percentage of U.S. adults who were under the impression they were prescribed a drug they did not really need as of 2017, by age." Chart. February 10, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696300/us-adults-that-believe-they-have-been-prescribed-a-drug-they-did-not-need-by-age/
Statista Survey. (2017). Percentage of U.S. adults who were under the impression they were prescribed a drug they did not really need as of 2017, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/696300/us-adults-that-believe-they-have-been-prescribed-a-drug-they-did-not-need-by-age/
Statista Survey. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Were under The Impression They Were Prescribed a Drug They Did Not Really Need as of 2017, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696300/us-adults-that-believe-they-have-been-prescribed-a-drug-they-did-not-need-by-age/
Statista Survey, Percentage of U.S. adults who were under the impression they were prescribed a drug they did not really need as of 2017, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/696300/us-adults-that-believe-they-have-been-prescribed-a-drug-they-did-not-need-by-age/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults who were under the impression they were prescribed a drug they did not really need as of 2017, by age [Graph], Statista Survey, February 10, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/696300/us-adults-that-believe-they-have-been-prescribed-a-drug-they-did-not-need-by-age/
