Number of People on Lexapro in the United States, 2006-2020

The following information is the most accurate and documented data available on the antidepressant Lexapro (including its generic version, Escitalopram) usage in the United States. The information is from IQVia, a company that provides information, services and technology for the healthcare industry. It is the largest vendor of U.S. physician prescribing data. The following data was taken from the IQVia Total Patient Tracker Database for 2006-2020, extracted January 2021.

The data is broken into two groups of years: The top includes 2006 through 2013. Below that is the data for 2014 through 2020. Various age groups are presented first, and then individual ages by year below that.

Number of People on Lexapro in the United States, by Year, Various Age Groups, 2006-2013:

Age	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
All Ages	5,979,349	5,812,817	5,281,805	4,690,393	4,343,887	3,993,636	3,817,059	4,415,628
0-17	189,491	181,503	154,861	148,691	159,062	150,234	145,117	179,577
18+	5,207,163	5,453,526	4,977,253	4,415,650	4,083,221	3,745,058	3,596,514	4,174,866
0-5	2,965	1,649	876	613	502	483	478	513
0-24	580,680	581,312	510,263	457,115	444,260	410,845	417,808	526,957
-1-1	1,787	824	244	138	105	69	76	55
2-3	308	260	142	79	58	74	79	66
4-5	1,067	622	500	411	349	349	333	412
6-12	39,126	37,983	31,857	30,648	32,342	30,493	27,830	32,244
13-17	148,950	143,269	123,469	118,822	127,642	120,410	118,043	148,255
18-24	398,660	407,786	362,872	314,043	289,757	264,497	276,973	352,533
25-34	824,190	866,090	771,443	665,450	596,628	523,821	504,771	619,709
35-44	1,127,087	1,159,736	1,026,238	881,862	788,901	703,936	661,248	772,428
45-54	1,207,679	1,262,563	1,142,837	1,003,803	907,134	819,419	756,621	845,343
55-64	805,585	878,758	835,054	775,772	742,391	706,201	674,484	759,061
65-74	413,369	451,934	439,942	409,341	395,592	389,663	404,087	477,793
75-84	347,080	356,908	330,675	296,649	272,299	249,835	238,360	270,695
85+	166,147	174,800	169,315	154,141	144,291	131,818	124,548	144,083
Unknown Age	626,896	198,013	194,045	149,223	115,047	120,517	97,084	177,759

Number of People on Lexapro in the United States, by Year, Various Age Groups, 2014-2020:

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
All Ages	5,083,109	5,667,742	6,433,094	6,481,174	6,948,003	7,604,613	8,170,580
0-17	236,256	282,179	301,786	303,246	336,183	377,634	401,051
18+	4,803,642	5,411,970	6,188,371	6,190,032	6,612,155	7,228,957	7,645,593
0-5	1,286	847	979	821	813	727	755
0-24	662,948	799,381	913,196	926,495	1,028,680	1,155,716	1,248,245
-1-1	184	97	132	104	113	103	143
2-3	162	108	140	77	101	78	84
4-5	864	646	707	635	616	576	579
6-12	42,256	50,183	50,716	49,885	54,854	62,213	65,022
13-17	188,581	225,933	249,808	253,697	282,462	317,536	338,372
18-24	434,520	527,800	619,849	630,991	700,835	787,494	856,551
25-34	745,155	866,627	1,001,168	1,007,717	1,099,192	1,234,487	1,352,129
35-44	885,608	990,334	1,096,681	1,081,818	1,142,060	1,246,504	1,338,981
45-54	965,711	1,079,043	1,175,516	1,134,047	1,158,272	1,224,511	1,256,207
55-64	882,822	1,001,251	1,101,975	1,091,778	1,142,632	1,223,799	1,253,768
65-74	572,663	664,500	750,537	769,688	829,379	915,034	964,713
75-84	314,713	354,463	395,360	400,029	441,767	485,920	502,560
85+	163,822	168,614	183,046	170,879	186,094	198,751	209,768
Unknown Age	160,100	41,052	8,386	54,429	13,412	9,773	217,570

Number of People on Lexapro in the United States, by Year, by Individual Age, 2006-2013:
Note that due to possible duplication of data for the individual ages below (where a person might change age in a year and be counted twice), the data cannot be summed for individual ages (i.e., adding the number of 1 year olds to the number of 2 year olds). Please use the sums provided for the specific age groups above, as those have been deduplicated.

Age	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
0	1,156	622	137	75	66	37	34	34
1	661	211	109	65	40	32	42	21
2	164	139	47	29	33	30	21	20
3	147	123	96	50	25	43	59	46
4	233	197	148	128	91	73	119	101
5	863	430	358	295	267	289	219	323
6	1,720	1,268	860	732	662	739	628	709
7	2,278	2,885	1,887	1,634	1,579	1,329	1,414	1,613
8	3,523	3,514	2,852	2,980	2,706	2,561	2,250	2,794
9	5,475	5,059	4,507	4,047	4,304	4,064	3,747	4,273
10	7,631	7,210	6,329	5,944	6,006	5,624	5,236	6,190
11	9,436	9,271	7,911	8,010	8,296	7,848	7,048	7,961
12	11,903	11,663	10,235	9,795	11,168	10,488	9,698	11,314
13	16,087	15,524	13,479	13,093	14,328	14,030	13,391	16,644
14	22,203	21,389	18,639	18,009	19,696	18,593	18,800	23,575
15	31,893	30,075	25,456	25,079	27,189	25,383	25,719	33,167
16	41,613	40,096	34,672	32,792	34,957	32,464	32,162	41,095
17	49,419	48,905	42,751	39,972	40,670	38,421	37,477	46,051
18	51,449	54,426	49,112	43,733	42,852	38,415	38,879	48,071
19	54,772	55,293	50,856	45,381	42,146	37,950	39,236	49,886
20	57,514	58,684	52,438	46,226	42,919	38,468	41,580	52,795
21	61,764	62,909	56,104	48,453	44,131	40,650	42,456	54,863
22	63,718	65,882	58,321	49,405	43,944	40,666	43,349	55,203
23	65,998	68,383	60,932	51,181	45,276	41,480	44,405	57,468
24	69,501	71,291	63,120	53,130	46,645	42,648	45,131	59,024
25	74,904	78,140	67,252	56,412	49,437	44,415	46,415	60,318
26	80,303	82,441	73,454	59,775	52,364	46,054	46,434	59,185
27	82,954	88,737	77,687	65,911	56,012	47,413	47,262	58,425
28	84,638	91,109	83,152	70,178	61,263	50,860	49,588	62,181
29	88,560	93,530	85,114	74,638	64,489	55,453	52,281	64,473
30	88,602	97,205	86,322	75,975	69,546	57,973	55,939	67,413
31	90,917	96,873	90,369	77,033	69,890	62,698	58,842	71,001
32	95,541	99,485	90,064	80,543	71,132	63,720	62,371	74,109
33	97,353	104,019	92,599	80,610	74,368	64,637	62,664	77,471
34	104,023	106,986	96,199	82,318	73,433	67,401	62,805	77,944
35	115,478	112,640	98,671	85,576	74,765	66,403	65,976	78,166
36	122,157	124,106	103,960	87,127	78,831	68,143	64,513	81,091
37	119,719	132,001	114,970	92,211	79,727	71,438	65,963	78,928
38	116,573	127,799	121,518	101,617	82,965	71,945	69,132	80,318
39	116,590	124,405	117,499	106,725	91,958	75,797	69,433	82,556
40	119,439	124,282	113,760	103,373	95,709	82,606	72,452	82,749
41	124,869	127,478	113,446	99,471	92,060	86,257	79,538	85,771
42	134,386	131,678	116,695	99,394	89,020	83,861	82,086	93,915
43	136,778	140,465	119,899	101,021	88,828	80,094	80,107	95,877
44	137,359	142,646	127,754	104,708	90,475	80,294	77,336	93,216
45	139,710	144,845	130,355	112,011	93,446	82,040	76,626	89,354
46	140,221	146,326	130,963	113,777	99,836	84,234	78,300	88,161
47	139,811	145,992	133,597	114,187	101,082	90,699	80,282	89,668
48	138,545	145,034	132,224	116,246	101,903	91,472	85,389	91,789
49	140,397	144,580	131,658	115,422	103,508	92,086	86,864	97,650
50	137,870	146,113	130,907	114,659	103,268	93,980	88,240	98,374
51	134,383	143,594	132,900	114,287	102,308	93,581	89,253	98,559
52	133,119	140,632	129,961	115,133	101,371	92,267	88,281	99,798
53	128,404	138,450	127,591	112,792	102,382	92,294	87,000	98,609
54	124,293	133,278	125,078	111,479	100,494	93,479	87,505	97,784
55	117,140	128,467	120,476	109,225	98,271	91,188	87,781	96,504
56	110,008	120,922	116,548	105,220	96,838	88,620	85,698	97,189
57	107,452	113,981	109,664	101,500	93,086	87,891	83,930	94,542
58	104,236	110,873	102,588	95,109	90,118	84,684	82,588	92,571
59	104,976	108,288	99,810	89,628	84,304	81,600	79,644	90,431
60	90,661	108,415	97,535	87,022	79,358	76,782	76,924	87,533
61	73,625	93,084	98,266	85,338	77,151	71,587	72,592	84,125
62	70,305	75,238	84,589	84,848	74,850	69,934	66,935	78,362
63	68,536	72,163	67,916	72,946	74,823	66,898	65,001	72,053
64	63,752	70,975	64,849	59,651	63,937	67,698	63,094	70,360
65	57,978	68,899	67,132	58,779	54,141	60,388	67,963	72,927
66	54,697	60,988	63,148	58,619	51,947	48,773	58,343	75,181
67	50,541	57,188	56,465	55,537	52,695	47,586	47,755	64,114
68	49,430	53,416	52,813	50,058	50,245	48,520	46,501	53,456
69	46,819	51,978	49,615	46,519	44,785	46,002	47,609	52,315
70	44,860	48,589	48,046	43,524	41,546	40,807	44,842	52,767
71	42,613	46,837	45,330	42,377	39,079	37,990	39,853	50,024
72	41,540	45,297	43,784	40,269	38,051	36,112	36,590	44,068
73	39,506	43,626	42,373	38,379	36,545	35,066	34,679	40,955
74	39,787	41,358	40,741	37,296	34,770	33,133	34,145	38,774
75	39,849	41,510	38,494	36,200	33,951	31,758	32,280	37,879
76	40,965	41,886	38,895	34,098	32,671	30,824	30,225	35,880
77	40,501	42,666	39,097	34,744	30,440	29,558	29,818	33,905
78	42,580	42,062	39,685	34,471	31,161	27,291	28,253	32,943
79	40,611	43,260	38,668	34,786	30,617	28,023	26,455	30,981
80	41,589	41,695	39,110	33,372	30,708	27,316	26,072	28,493
81	37,940	39,909	37,873	33,875	29,277	26,855	25,310	28,124
82	37,689	39,125	36,431	32,713	29,736	25,876	24,908	27,444
83	42,095	38,600	34,997	31,484	28,517	25,758	23,746	26,376
84	39,723	43,198	38,271	33,693	28,863	26,772	23,566	25,068
85	166,147	174,800	169,315	154,141	144,291	131,818	124,548	144,083
Unknown Age	626,896	198,013	194,045	149,223	115,047	120,517	97,084	177,759

Number of People on Lexapro in the United States, by Year, by Individual Age, 2014-2020:

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
0	105	54	86	62	78	76	76
1	80	42	64	49	42	29	63
2	61	62	77	38	56	43	35
3	101	46	65	40	47	37	41
4	212	171	175	157	126	148	124
5	625	474	528	493	495	443	486
6	1,452	1,176	1,392	1,212	1,245	1,346	1,416
7	2,391	2,670	2,661	2,576	2,614	2,859	3,018
8	3,820	4,295	4,539	4,473	4,738	5,227	5,313
9	5,434	6,374	7,128	6,926	7,534	8,360	8,697
10	7,661	8,744	9,747	9,305	10,176	11,954	12,054
11	9,905	12,036	12,416	12,702	13,903	16,079	16,763
12	14,074	16,666	17,862	18,298	21,165	24,219	26,029
13	21,163	24,711	26,663	27,571	31,513	36,524	39,727
14	31,041	36,382	38,989	39,666	45,586	51,025	56,456
15	42,026	50,194	54,643	54,785	61,646	69,727	72,997
16	52,222	61,814	69,735	69,622	76,578	86,482	91,282
17	57,071	69,875	78,906	80,943	88,008	98,358	103,370
18	58,106	71,563	84,104	84,540	94,269	104,809	111,236
19	61,327	75,954	88,803	91,672	101,353	114,393	121,459
20	65,072	80,029	94,577	97,127	108,679	121,395	132,450
21	67,160	81,663	96,242	98,418	109,884	125,398	136,234
22	69,143	82,545	97,355	99,276	109,707	124,596	137,768
23	70,921	84,693	98,785	100,140	110,936	125,605	138,124
24	73,670	86,935	101,794	102,681	112,950	127,160	139,361
25	74,711	90,236	104,633	105,635	115,199	129,359	141,649
26	73,508	87,548	105,488	105,428	116,640	131,026	143,261
27	72,897	86,583	102,996	105,758	115,336	130,838	142,097
28	74,836	88,473	103,765	106,370	119,067	133,133	145,611
29	78,658	90,432	105,460	107,136	118,458	136,535	147,919
30	80,360	94,028	107,073	108,097	118,590	135,430	150,969
31	83,316	95,309	110,220	110,021	119,068	134,840	148,641
32	87,854	97,814	111,453	113,027	119,709	134,689	148,251
33	90,274	102,738	112,712	113,100	122,664	134,851	146,916
34	92,951	104,909	118,603	113,977	122,185	137,029	146,938
35	92,955	108,271	120,046	118,983	122,711	136,611	148,781
36	93,154	107,246	122,440	120,691	127,493	136,291	148,100
37	94,664	106,619	122,124	122,836	128,207	140,418	147,379
38	92,540	108,074	120,218	121,239	130,032	140,340	150,100
39	93,488	104,695	120,576	118,219	128,040	142,224	150,020
40	95,428	105,514	117,165	119,295	124,797	139,483	150,910
41	96,587	107,301	117,647	115,609	125,364	135,426	147,372
42	99,778	108,244	119,135	115,495	121,354	135,516	141,800
43	108,511	112,548	119,122	116,196	120,264	130,505	141,525
44	109,988	121,216	124,157	115,958	121,201	128,545	135,238
45	106,383	123,423	132,558	120,393	120,151	130,516	133,435
46	103,352	118,773	135,163	129,060	124,949	129,213	134,709
47	101,300	115,040	129,851	131,523	133,328	133,139	133,376
48	102,958	113,140	125,326	126,523	136,629	143,008	137,885
49	106,418	115,147	124,131	122,139	130,942	145,525	147,126
50	111,707	118,663	125,962	120,142	126,159	139,551	149,157
51	112,126	124,130	128,402	122,320	124,571	135,088	143,715
52	113,089	125,389	135,097	124,588	126,643	132,086	137,853
53	113,814	126,129	135,633	131,286	128,663	134,608	135,196
54	113,103	126,526	135,590	131,999	134,454	137,216	137,328
55	111,505	125,162	136,087	131,839	136,220	143,144	140,103
56	109,219	123,192	134,408	132,002	136,002	144,293	145,561
57	109,757	121,472	131,490	130,093	135,742	144,009	146,194
58	106,983	120,681	129,303	127,446	133,345	143,406	146,092
59	104,930	117,374	128,640	125,528	130,600	141,132	144,803
60	101,813	114,139	124,731	124,780	128,860	138,289	142,491
61	98,014	111,390	121,055	120,377	127,626	135,304	139,211
62	93,950	106,216	117,762	116,854	123,061	133,929	136,044
63	88,055	101,172	111,686	113,133	118,907	129,085	134,601
64	81,333	95,648	107,329	107,675	115,513	124,103	129,474
65	82,809	92,927	104,184	107,595	114,853	125,741	129,139
66	82,706	90,499	97,801	101,252	110,675	119,354	124,121
67	84,604	90,813	95,956	95,402	103,838	114,708	119,527
68	71,492	92,097	96,084	93,715	97,334	109,010	114,658
69	60,266	77,917	98,122	93,228	95,375	102,504	108,792
70	59,365	66,086	82,873	94,687	94,869	99,970	102,244
71	59,388	65,264	69,822	80,837	96,424	98,768	99,883
72	55,994	65,750	68,777	67,757	83,126	101,010	98,672
73	50,240	61,407	69,806	67,371	69,703	86,791	100,227
74	46,466	54,708	65,084	67,762	69,470	72,879	85,539
75	43,872	50,693	57,893	63,095	69,161	71,892	71,930
76	42,892	47,609	53,830	56,278	64,751	71,765	70,620
77	40,636	46,863	50,703	51,996	57,221	67,139	70,642
78	37,957	43,139	49,198	48,674	52,722	59,416	65,097
79	36,692	40,769	45,697	46,862	49,330	54,192	57,725
80	33,660	38,534	41,831	43,071	46,883	50,004	52,158
81	31,202	35,453	39,785	39,639	42,851	47,795	47,826
82	30,337	32,909	36,690	37,235	39,441	43,451	45,713
83	29,895	32,068	33,456	34,314	37,009	39,476	41,214
84	29,059	30,612	32,322	25,421	33,400	37,000	36,844
85	163,822	168,614	183,046	170,879	186,094	198,751	209,768
Unknown Age	160,100	41,052	8,386	54,429	13,412	9,773	217,570