Drugs: Data Presentation

Number of Top 10 Prescriptions Dispensed, 1995-2001

	Number of Prescriptions (mil.)	% of Total
1995	240	10.91
1997	270	11.25
2000	347	11.96
2001	358	11.55
Source: IMS Health. "US Top 10 Products by Prescriptions" and "Leading 10 Products by Total U.S. Dispensed Prescriptions, 2001." Retrieved July 16, 2002 from http://www.imshealth.com. Alan Cook, DC. "The Top 10" and "The Top 10 Drugs—1997." Retrieved July 16, 2002 from http://www.chiroweb.com/archives. National Institute for Health Care Management.Prescription Drug Expenditures in 2001: Another Year of Escalating Costs, May 6, 2002. Retrieved July 17, 2002 from http://www.nihcm.org.

Depressive Disorders, 2000-2001

Data in millions
	2000	2001
Total adults with depressive disorders	19.0	19.7
Antidepressant prescriptions dispensed	98.0	111.0
Source: IMS Health.National Disease and Theraputic Index, 2002 and National Prescription Audit Plus, 2002. Retrieved July 18, 2002 from http://www.imshealth.org. Number of adults with depressive disorders extrapolated based on a figure of 9.5% of the population suffers from depressive disorders. Population data: "Projections of the Total Resident Population by 5-Year Age Groups, and Sex with Special Age Categories: Middle Series, 1999 to 2000" and "Projections of the Total Resident Population by 5-Year Age Groups, and Sex with Special Age Categories: Middle Series, 2001 to 2005." Retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau website at http://www.census.gov.

Children with ADHD and Children Taking Ritalin, 1975-2000

	1975	1988	2000
Children with ADHD	2,650,120	2,529,840	2,807,960
Children on Ritalin	150,000	1,000,000	6,000,000
Source:National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. National Mental Health Association. "Key Facts and Statistics." Retrieved July 18, 2002 from http://www.nmha.org/children/green/facts.cfm. Leonard Sax. "Ritalin: Better Living Through Chemistry?" The World and I Online, November 2000. Retrieved July 22, 2002 from http://www.worldandi.com/public/2000/November/sax.html.

Average Retail Prescription Prices, 1990-2001

	Constant 2001 Dollars		Actual Dollars
Brand Name	Generics	Brand Name	Generics
1990	37.25	14.11	27.16	10.29
1992	42.06	14.71	33.68	11.78
1994	43.99	16.69	37.37	14.18
1996	50.49	17.58	45.11	15.71
1998	57.17	18.52	53.51	17.33
2000	66.86	19.79	65.29	19.33
2001	71.18	21.96	71.18	21.96
% change (1990-2001)	91.10	55.60	140.40	87.90
Source: Levitt, Larry. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.Prescription Drug Trends, February 2001. Retrieved July 24, 2002 from http://www.kff.org. "The Inflation Calculator." Retrieved July 24, 2002 from http://www.westegg.com/inflation. National Association of Chain Drug Stores. "Industry Statistics." Retrieved August 1, 2002 from http://www.nacds.org.

Advertising Expenditures, 1996-2000

Data in $ million unless otherwise noted.
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total promotional spending on prescription drugs	9,200	11,000	12,500	13,900	15,700
Total direct-to-consumer advertising	791	1,069	1,317	1,848	2,467
Number of marketing staff	60,539	67,392	71,374	81,296	87,810
Source: National Institute for Health Care Management.Prescription Drug Expenditures in 2001: Another Year of Escalating Costs, May 6, 2002. Retrieved July 17, 2002 from http://www.nihcm.org. National Institute For Health Care Management.Prescription Drugs and Mass Media Advertising, 2000, November 2001. Retrieved July 26, 2002 from http://www.nihcm.org. Larry Levitt. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.Prescription Drug Trends, November 2001. Alan Sager and Deborah Socolar. Boston University School of Public Health. "Drug Industry Marketing Staff Soars While Research Staff Stagnates."Drug Data Brief, December 6, 2001. Retrieved July 29, 2002 from http://rxpolicy.com/studies/bu-rypromotion-v-randd.pdf.

U.S. Retail Prescription Drug Expenditures and Allocation of Monies by Percentage of Retail Sales, 1996-2001

	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
U.S. prescription drug retail sales ($ mil.)	69,100	78,900	93,400	111,100	131,900	154,500
Wholesale/retail markup (%)	6.3	9	13	8.7	12.1	15.4
R&D expenditures, domestic & foreign (%)	24.5	24	22.4	20.4	19.7	19.6
Total promotional expenditures (%)	13.3	13.9	13.4	12.5	11.9	12.3
Direct-to-consumer advertising (%)	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.7	1.9	1.7
Other expenses (%)	55.9	53.1	51.2	58.4	56.3	52.7
Source: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.PhRMA Industry Profile 2002. Retrieved August 6, 2002 from http://www.phrma.org/publications/publications/profile02/. National Institute for Health Care Management. "Factors Affecting the Growth of Prescription Drugs Expenditures," July 1999. National Institute for Health Care Management.Prescription Drugs and Mass Media Advertising, 2000, November 2001. National Institute for Health Care Management.Prescription Drug Expenditures 2001: Another Year of Escalating Costs, May 6, 2002. All National Institute for Health Care Management data retrieved July 17-28, 2002 from http://www.nihcm.org. Larry Levitt. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.Prescription Drug Trends, November 2001. IMS Health. "Total U.S. Promotional Spending by Type, 2001" Retrieved July 16, 2002 from http://www.imshealthorg.

U.S. Per Capita Expenditures on Health Care in Constant 2000 Dollars, 1993-2000

	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total expenditures for the three categories listed	2,626	2,631	2,662	2,681	2,709	2,783	2,882	2,983
Hospital care	1,468	1,464	1,464	1,462	1,455	1,458	1,475	1,499
Physician and clinical services	923	927	939	943	954	989	1,016	1,041
Prescription drugs	235	240	259	276	300	336	391	443
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. U.S. Health and Human Services. "Table 9: Personal Health Care Expenditures, by Type of Expenditure and Source of Funds: Calendar Years 1993-2000." Retrieved August 5, 2002 from http://www.cms.hhs.gov/statistics/nhe/historical/t9.asp. "The Inflation Calculator." Retrieved August 5, 2002 from http://www.westegg.com/inflation/. U.S. Census Bureau.Statistical Abstract of The United States: 2001.

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