Prevalence of Dispensed Medications by Age Group for Children under 12 Years Old.

*Slone survey.[3].
Drugs listed include the ten most prevalent in the claims data as well as any other prescription drugs listed in the results from the Slone survey of children under 12 years old. For claims data, percents were averaged over the weeks of the study. Average numbers of children enrolled each week in the claims data by age group were: 0–1 year: 56,616; 2–5 years: 140,611; 6–11 years 276,085. For survey data, percents are those reporting use of each drug during the past week. Numbers of children in the Slone Survey by age group were: 0–1 year: 478; 2–5 years: 1,000; 6–11 years: 1,379. Pearson correlations of claims and survey percents were.68 (0–1 and 2–5 years) and.64 (6–11 years), p<.05 at each age.