How many people living in the U.S. currently take prescription
drugs--be they SSRI or other--that are considered anti-depressants?

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Request for Question Clarification by tlspiegel-ga on 22 Oct 2005 12:23 PDT

Hi davekargol,

If my findings are satisfactory, please let me know and I will post
this information as the official answer to your question.

The most recent findings I located were at: CDC National Center for
Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/04news/hus04.htm

Thursday, December 2, 2004

"Adult use of antidepressants almost tripled between 1988-1994 and
1999-2000. Ten percent of women 18 and older and 4 percent of men now
take antidepressants."


Best regards,
tlspiegel

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Clarification of Question by davekargol-ga on 22 Oct 2005 21:27 PDT

This is fine! Thank you. 

DAVE

Hi Dave,

Thank you for an interesting question and also for accepting my findings.

As stated in my clarification:

The most recent findings I located were at: CDC National Center for
Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/04news/hus04.htm

Thursday, December 2, 2004

"Adult use of antidepressants almost tripled between 1988-1994 and
1999-2000. Ten percent of women 18 and older and 4 percent of men now
take antidepressants."

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keyword search:

United States current use anti-depressant antidepressants statistics

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Best regards,
tlspiegel
tlspiegel