Description
For respondents who had ever been told that they had Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD) (ADDEV), ADDAGE reports how old the person was when ADHD/ADD was first diagnosed.
Related Variables
ADDAGE is one of a series of variables reporting age at first diagnosis of specific chronic conditions. Other variables in the series report age at diagnosis of the following conditions:
- high blood pressure/hypertension (HYPERTENAGE)
- coronary heart disease (CHEARTDIAGE)
- angina (ANGIPECAGE)
- heart attack (HEARTATTAGE)
- other heart disease (HEARTCONAGE)
- emphysema (EMPHYSEMAGE)
- high cholesterol (CHOLHIGHAGE)
- arthritis (ARTHGLUPAGE)
- asthma (ASTHMAAGE)
Codes
This is a 2-digit numeric variable.
Universe
- 2008-2021: Persons who were diagnosed with ADHD/ADD.
Availability
- 2008-2021
Weights
- 2008-2021 : PERWEIGHT
