--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > <snip> > > > For example, one-third of the adult popu- > > > lation of America and many other countries is on a > > > constant prescription of antidepressants. > > > > I'd love to see a source for this "statistic." > > I strongly suspect it's bogus. > > From a 2002 article: > > http://www.biopsychiatry.com/antidepressants/antidepressant.html > > Antidepressants are now the second-largest class of prescription > drugs, their sales exceeded only by heart medications. Last year, > according to NDCHealth, a company that tracks drug sales, 7.1 > million Americans took antidepressants, an increase of 700,000 over > the year before.
So if 7.1 million represents one-third of the population, as Barry claims, that would mean the U.S. has a population of about 21 million. Yup, sounds about right to me. Of course, he specified *adult* population, so actually we have to subtract all the children from the 7.1 million figure. So not quite 21 million, right? Sheesh. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
