Objective: It has only recently been accepted that attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) persists into adulthood. Accordingly, less is known about adult diagnostic and treatment prevalence. We aimed to determine the lifetime prevalence of ADHD diagnosis and psychostimulant prescriptions for young adults in the province of Manitoba and to explore how diagnosis differs according to sociodemographic characteristics and age at diagnosis; and to investigate whether a socioeconomic gradient exists within young adults with a lifetime ADHD diagnosis, as well as the variables that moderate the gradient.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is the leading cause of intellectual disability in western society, presenting a significant burden on health, education and social services. Quantifying the burden of FASD is important for service planning and policy and program development.
Objective: To describe the health, education and social service use of individuals with FASD to provide an indication of the burden of service use of the disorder.
Introduction: Changing socio-economic gradients in adult health over time have been documented, but little research has investigated temporal changes in child health gradients. Childhood hospitalizations for injury have fallen over the last two decades; whether the socio-economic gradient in childhood injury has changed is unknown.
Methods: Population-based hospital discharge data were used to calculate rates of hospitalization for injury from 1986/87 through 2005/06 for all children under 20 years of age in Manitoba (average yearly number of hospitalizations = 326,357).