Table 2

Incidence (IR) of treated attention deficit disorder by calendar year for males aged 5–14 years.

YearNumber of casesPerson-yearsIR × 10−3 (95% CI)
199682701811.2 (0.9 to 1.5)
199797694191.4 (1.1 to 1.7)
199889677221.3 (1.1 to 1.6)
1999103634861.6 (1.3 to 2.0)
2000a72531301.4 (1.1 to 1.7)
2001a14110001.3 (0.7 to 2.1)
  • aA number of practices were updated only through 1999.