Prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

By Rae Thomas, Sharon Sanders, Jenny A. Doust, Elaine Beller, Paul Glasziou. Pediatrics, 2015

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (2015, background): “Although most epidemiological studies of the prevalence and correlates of childhood and adult Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have taken place in the United States (US), Australia, and Western Europe, there has been a recent increase in comparable studies in other parts of the world ”
The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys (2016, background): “…the publication of several comprehensive reviews (Alhraiwil et al. 2015; Polanczyk et al. 2007; Polanczyk and Jensen 2008; Polanczyk et al. 2014; Thomas et al. 2015) make it clear that ADHD is coming to be recognized as an important disorder throughout the world given its early age-of-onset,…”
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents (2019, neutral): “7 Authors of a recent meta-analysis calculated a pooled worldwide ADHD prevalence of 7.2% among children 8 ; estimates from some community-based samples are somewhat higher, at 8.7% to 15.5%.”