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QuickStats: Percentage* of Persons Reporting Use of At Least
One Prescription Drug During the Preceding Month, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity
--- United States, 1999--2002
* Age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using four age groups: <18 years, 18--44 years, 45--64 years, and
>65 years.
† 95% confidence interval.
During 1999--2002, approximately 50% of females and 40% of males reported using at least one prescription drug
during the preceding month, with non-Hispanic whites more likely to do so than non-Hispanic blacks and Mexican-Americans.
In each racial/ethnic population, females were more likely than males to have used at least one prescription drug during
the preceding month.
SOURCES: National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2005. Table 91. Hyattsville, MD: National
Center for Health Statistics; 2005. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm; National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, 1999--2002. Available at
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm.
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