The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the percentage of children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17 who have ever received an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis increased from 9.9% in 2019 to 13.8% in 2025.
The findings were published in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Both boys and girls saw an increase in the percentage of ADHD diagnoses from 2019 to 2025, according to the report.
The agency noted that a higher percentage of boys than girls had ever received a diagnosis for the disorder.
The data comes from the National Health Interview Survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics between 2019 and 2025. The estimates are based on household interviews using a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population in the United States, the agency said. The data was reported by Nazik Elgaddal of the CDC.