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Table 6 Diagnoses by prevalent and incident use of psychotropics, antidepressants and anxiolytics

From: Patterns of psychotropic medicine use in pregnancy in the United States from 2006 to 2011 among women with private insurance

 

Prevalent use during pregnancy

Conservative prevalent use*

Incident use in pregnancy

Conservative Incident use*

Psychotropic users

N = 20481

N = 15689

N = 14822

N = 10798

Bipolar disorder

1294 (6.3)

1105 (7.0)

342 (2.3)

278 (2.6)

MDD

6724 (32.8)

5680 (36.2)

2084 (14.1)

1730 (16.0)

Anxiety

6450 (31.5)

5266 (33.6)

2153 (14.5)

1651 (15.3)

Sleep disorder

1360 (6.6)

1076 (6.9)

439 (3.0)

319 (3.0)

ADHD

1208 (5.9)

877 (5.6)

139 (1.0)

86 (0.8)

Adj/acute‡

2098 (10.2)

1652 (10.5)

1078 (7.3)

800 (7.4)

Any relevant diagnosis

12921 (63.1)

10400 (66.3)

4640 (31.3)

3567 (33.0)

Antidepressant users

N = 15253

N = 11588

N = 7022

N = 5353

Bipolar disorder

895 (5.9)

721 (6.2)

329 (4.7)

250 (4.7)

MDD

5858 (38.4)

4789 (41.3)

2010 (28.6)

1629 (30.4)

Anxiety

5176 (33.9)

4118 (35.5)

1822 (26.0)

1372 (25.6)

Sleep disorder

844 (5.5)

637 (5.5)

286 (4.1)

210 (3.9)

ADHD

402 (2.6)

315 (2.7)

144 (2.1)

104 (1.9)

Adj/acute‡

1623 (10.6)

1241 (10.7)

712 (10.1)

532 (9.9)

Any relevant diagnosis

9967 (65.3)

7896 (68.1)

3688 (52.5)

2821 (52.7)

Anxiolytic users

N = 4574

N = 2993

N = 9961

N = 7099

Bipolar disorder

325 (7.1)

240 (8.0)

255 (2.6)

181 (2.6)

MDD

1181 (25.8)

826 (27.6)

1227 (12.3)

886 (12.5)

Anxiety

1609 (35.2)

1075 (35.9)

1571 (15.8)

1016 (14.3)

Sleep disorder

596 (13.0)

407 (13.6)

437 (4.4)

294 (4.1)

ADHD

166 (3.6)

119 (4.0)

126 (1.3)

102 (1.4)

Adj/acute‡

506 (11.1)

332 (11.1)

755 (7.6)

524 (7.4)

Any relevant diagnosis

2753 (60.2)

1858 (62.1)

3033 (30.5)

2080 (29.3)

  1. *Removes women who filled 1 prescription in the first trimester.
  2. ‡A diagnosis of adjustment reaction and/or acute stress.