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The source for the data below is the OECD Health Statistics 2018, released by the OECD in June 2018 and updated on 8 November 2018. [1]The unit of measurement used by the OECD is defined daily dose (DDD), defined as "the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used on its main indication in adults". [2]
This is a list of countries ranked by the quality of healthcare, as published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [1]. The ranking takes into account various health outcomes, including survival rates for seven types of cancer, as well as for strokes and heart attacks.
Mental, neurological, and substance use disorders make a substantial contribution to the global burden of disease (GBD). [12] This is a global measure of so-called disability-adjusted life years (DALY's) assigned to a certain disease/disorder, which is a sum of the years lived with disability and years of life lost due to this disease within the total population.
Medications for Depression: An Overview. Antidepressants are a class of medications used very commonly to treat depression. In fact, nearly 13 percent of people 12 and over in the U.S. used ...
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The US National Center for Health Statistics has published this report (from 2017) on antidepressant use in the US. That report is based on a survey and the unit of measurement is percentage of population (aged 12 and over) who reported antidepressant medication in the last month.
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For most countries among the 10 studied, the number of people who experience depression during their lifetimes falls within an 8–12% range. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In North America, the probability of having a major depressive episode within any year-long period is 3–5% for males and 8–10% for females.