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

The following information is the most accurate and documented data available on the antidepressant Paxil (including its generic version, paroxetine) 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 Paxil in the United States, by Year, Various Age Groups, 2006-2013:

Age	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
All Ages	3,695,176	3,188,184	2,927,562	2,767,216	2,675,367	2,742,884	2,757,248	2,647,219
0-17	68,409	57,893	50,802	46,409	42,784	42,651	41,234	40,481
18+	3,262,937	3,021,464	2,766,066	2,626,063	2,564,890	2,630,810	2,663,296	2,572,270
0-5	2,151	1,173	750	667	516	440	485	391
0-24	258,865	224,735	205,560	196,028	189,292	192,961	197,526	187,494
-1-1	1,351	583	225	167	130	83	79	45
2-3	196	190	139	105	106	109	107	111
4-5	795	444	393	402	283	252	310	255
6-12	17,398	14,872	12,561	11,298	10,190	10,096	9,043	8,735
13-17	49,550	42,408	37,999	34,942	32,596	32,638	32,244	31,843
18-24	194,144	170,210	157,926	152,399	148,593	152,132	158,429	148,971
25-34	459,104	411,318	371,642	353,687	339,935	343,757	350,887	332,163
35-44	643,365	573,032	503,018	463,028	436,258	439,069	438,340	417,139
45-54	754,261	696,835	627,184	587,145	560,690	565,708	565,323	538,456
55-64	582,089	561,916	526,752	510,205	508,977	535,197	549,189	538,659
65-74	333,903	334,332	324,474	317,999	320,402	343,526	367,787	372,555
75-84	251,072	238,876	220,462	206,187	198,674	198,693	195,440	192,222
85+	110,218	107,061	101,044	95,280	91,396	89,439	86,588	87,312
Unknown Age	374,703	119,317	187,961	167,267	76,799	77,166	63,589	99,314

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

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
All Ages	2,653,842	2,614,558	2,615,907	2,361,778	2,232,911	2,129,674	2,025,759
0-17	48,279	49,208	43,374	35,836	32,933	30,638	26,918
18+	2,575,780	2,568,361	2,596,025	2,329,475	2,197,668	2,097,101	1,967,803
0-5	1,016	724	828	789	794	730	761
0-24	196,422	199,689	191,726	163,933	152,091	141,996	129,023
-1-1	194	121	157	176	136	161	173
2-3	316	232	251	297	313	303	344
4-5	472	378	431	337	369	320	311
6-12	10,595	10,471	8,566	6,420	5,765	5,249	4,539
13-17	34,799	36,193	33,512	28,692	26,543	24,886	21,896
18-24	150,016	152,459	149,852	129,300	120,198	112,319	102,883
25-34	330,141	325,173	317,355	271,731	249,169	231,874	212,710
35-44	413,638	408,090	394,976	342,522	314,465	295,247	274,465
45-54	548,458	552,988	541,612	479,490	446,094	417,892	387,633
55-64	556,403	567,417	567,189	516,446	492,178	475,088	444,973
65-74	388,817	401,602	412,010	381,977	364,874	357,303	343,627
75-84	196,483	199,616	202,706	186,844	183,937	179,858	172,302
85+	88,458	82,720	81,253	68,959	66,905	62,554	60,619
Unknown Age	81,587	19,556	4,455	22,791	5,497	3,779	55,469

Number of People on Paxil 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	889	414	146	95	70	27	37	18
1	501	170	79	73	60	57	43	27
2	88	94	54	48	50	37	51	42
3	109	96	87	58	57	72	56	72
4	203	147	148	109	85	94	138	66
5	608	306	250	302	202	162	175	192
6	1,132	790	489	451	437	407	308	342
7	1,205	1,493	995	757	638	694	577	518
8	1,650	1,464	1,269	1,367	1,095	925	959	912
9	2,485	1,952	1,891	1,681	1,500	1,402	1,172	1,200
10	3,328	2,645	2,256	2,170	1,999	1,978	1,716	1,611
11	4,069	3,563	2,941	2,618	2,413	2,471	2,201	2,136
12	4,974	4,134	3,685	3,184	2,848	2,922	2,820	2,793
13	6,278	5,071	4,384	3,899	3,484	3,585	3,476	3,581
14	7,716	6,544	5,696	5,102	4,765	4,629	4,680	4,673
15	10,469	8,803	7,914	7,010	6,572	6,361	6,538	6,523
16	13,456	11,385	10,552	9,588	8,847	8,829	8,951	8,795
17	16,251	14,700	13,235	12,522	11,545	11,505	11,447	11,133
18	19,934	17,864	17,275	16,299	15,430	14,596	15,291	14,522
19	23,095	20,702	19,732	20,212	18,844	18,908	19,475	18,557
20	26,553	23,634	21,785	21,592	21,712	22,068	22,716	21,615
21	31,047	26,611	24,978	23,556	23,571	24,489	25,647	23,756
22	32,991	29,400	26,372	25,593	24,688	25,056	27,690	26,112
23	35,970	31,471	29,582	27,239	26,589	27,438	29,619	28,147
24	39,498	34,248	31,147	29,798	28,076	29,042	31,117	29,668
25	42,868	37,557	33,305	31,822	30,371	30,928	32,556	30,776
26	45,645	40,377	35,754	33,647	31,541	32,158	34,021	32,236
27	47,457	42,988	38,740	35,850	33,464	33,100	35,544	33,569
28	47,597	44,736	41,697	38,311	35,796	34,670	36,646	35,277
29	49,487	44,608	41,601	41,130	37,515	37,019	38,128	35,883
30	50,101	46,897	42,136	41,150	40,453	38,919	40,551	37,298
31	50,708	46,530	43,463	40,880	39,983	41,362	41,607	39,909
32	53,969	47,449	43,687	42,290	39,754	41,242	43,988	41,134
33	54,622	50,101	43,850	42,325	40,923	40,772	44,082	43,184
34	59,001	50,710	46,558	42,315	41,060	41,637	43,488	43,187
35	64,725	54,671	46,719	44,975	41,225	42,082	44,773	42,723
36	68,463	59,625	50,043	45,314	42,942	42,059	44,376	43,740
37	67,269	63,374	55,709	48,101	43,741	44,009	44,554	43,445
38	66,431	62,155	58,797	52,685	46,482	44,478	46,515	44,106
39	68,066	61,559	57,372	55,469	50,737	47,616	47,357	45,459
40	70,495	63,455	56,329	54,050	53,519	51,641	50,189	46,875
41	73,603	65,579	57,714	53,730	51,634	54,546	54,918	49,690
42	79,309	68,332	60,065	55,282	50,880	52,646	57,623	53,425
43	81,326	73,817	62,434	56,255	52,479	51,965	55,250	56,174
44	83,174	75,812	67,468	58,865	53,442	54,104	55,119	54,494
45	85,362	77,482	68,957	63,274	56,344	54,915	56,977	54,156
46	86,676	79,945	71,270	65,012	60,491	57,438	58,181	56,076
47	86,467	81,155	72,593	66,979	61,808	61,537	61,379	56,890
48	86,718	80,782	74,148	68,157	63,959	63,096	65,721	60,591
49	88,989	80,442	73,650	69,778	65,123	65,240	67,485	64,532
50	89,156	83,138	73,522	69,300	66,121	66,562	69,236	66,323
51	87,517	83,291	75,887	69,237	66,027	67,286	71,144	68,300
52	87,072	80,940	75,121	71,074	65,310	66,765	71,295	69,706
53	84,911	81,112	73,852	70,433	67,496	66,373	71,270	69,951
54	83,203	78,952	73,061	68,775	66,148	68,913	70,447	69,815
55	80,590	77,451	71,805	68,768	64,843	67,398	72,192	69,235
56	76,750	75,407	70,459	66,592	64,654	65,767	70,979	70,353
57	76,383	71,596	68,200	65,470	63,218	65,438	69,104	69,053
58	75,694	71,084	65,273	63,531	61,459	63,369	68,680	67,763
59	76,945	70,608	64,194	60,061	59,340	61,941	66,820	67,042
60	68,078	71,795	64,084	59,539	56,250	60,061	65,403	65,182
61	57,327	63,488	64,487	59,081	56,244	56,741	63,231	63,389
62	56,228	53,032	58,576	59,990	55,453	56,615	59,882	60,799
63	56,415	52,353	48,091	53,830	55,940	55,345	59,284	57,566
64	52,531	52,854	47,704	44,719	49,480	56,533	58,575	56,793
65	49,369	51,226	49,994	45,819	43,334	52,029	62,140	58,506
66	46,613	48,323	47,674	47,045	43,655	43,751	55,654	59,816
67	43,088	44,678	43,972	44,511	44,097	43,350	46,372	52,418
68	41,535	41,848	41,094	41,001	41,750	44,140	46,587	44,719
69	38,669	39,975	38,291	37,752	38,045	42,037	46,375	44,704
70	36,674	37,104	36,735	35,334	35,302	37,719	43,629	44,186
71	35,847	35,268	34,181	33,943	33,150	34,903	38,671	41,257
72	34,445	34,565	32,427	31,792	32,010	32,217	35,377	36,610
73	32,266	33,106	32,180	29,834	29,753	31,247	33,258	33,767
74	32,467	31,162	30,396	29,649	28,060	29,395	31,793	31,627
75	31,136	30,810	28,380	27,613	27,628	27,543	29,687	30,026
76	31,722	29,968	28,060	25,876	25,498	26,371	27,939	27,543
77	30,615	30,260	27,465	25,890	24,134	24,695	26,128	26,206
78	31,400	28,878	27,564	24,981	23,805	23,211	24,522	24,697
79	31,338	29,536	26,244	24,767	22,717	22,598	22,715	22,838
80	30,953	28,824	26,252	23,067	22,376	21,813	21,905	21,091
81	28,274	27,034	25,396	23,252	20,766	21,230	21,014	20,298
82	27,572	26,289	24,042	22,434	20,774	19,486	20,225	19,134
83	31,090	25,481	22,480	20,979	20,234	19,307	18,289	18,440
84	30,033	29,050	24,737	22,637	19,979	19,836	17,996	16,371
85	110,218	107,061	101,044	95,280	91,396	89,439	86,588	87,312
Unknown Age	374,703	119,317	187,961	167,267	76,799	77,166	63,589	99,314

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

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
0	73	32	73	75	54	63	68
1	121	89	95	113	84	103	109
2	148	124	128	152	158	166	190
3	169	109	125	148	161	152	175
4	176	143	149	148	187	135	178
5	294	238	287	193	187	199	153
6	502	398	461	311	275	213	224
7	832	647	578	500	423	382	301
8	1,074	1,051	873	676	624	542	459
9	1,533	1,376	1,249	920	890	804	678
10	1,957	1,939	1,529	1,163	984	947	922
11	2,260	2,332	2,043	1,474	1,345	1,199	1,057
12	2,964	2,899	2,501	2,021	1,821	1,754	1,434
13	3,943	3,852	3,315	2,790	2,569	2,550	2,193
14	5,418	5,454	4,857	4,006	3,665	3,518	3,207
15	7,236	7,524	6,998	5,840	5,356	5,173	4,436
16	9,632	9,832	9,330	8,193	7,345	6,991	6,091
17	11,437	12,197	11,765	10,144	9,702	8,683	7,726
18	14,879	15,325	15,311	13,142	12,317	11,659	9,837
19	18,513	19,004	18,999	16,525	15,641	14,594	13,470
20	21,522	22,219	22,045	19,182	17,900	16,758	15,333
21	23,741	24,115	23,974	20,814	19,376	18,225	16,831
22	25,909	26,209	25,424	22,008	20,308	19,096	17,723
23	28,220	27,930	27,001	23,224	21,598	20,215	18,697
24	30,202	29,603	28,898	24,623	22,446	21,012	19,276
25	30,907	31,508	30,732	26,056	23,591	22,069	20,166
26	32,070	31,837	32,032	27,088	24,795	22,925	20,876
27	33,312	32,855	32,470	28,234	25,497	23,515	21,499
28	34,958	33,407	33,285	28,744	26,903	24,488	22,246
29	36,521	35,479	33,984	29,312	27,111	25,813	23,334
30	36,811	37,017	35,262	29,919	27,750	26,087	24,272
31	38,575	36,966	36,803	31,201	28,178	26,460	24,695
32	40,253	38,724	37,107	32,418	29,359	26,865	25,080
33	41,612	40,656	38,524	32,575	30,553	28,162	25,548
34	43,717	41,534	40,475	33,884	30,376	29,267	26,261
35	43,454	43,541	41,451	35,934	31,479	29,195	27,453
36	43,646	43,244	43,613	36,149	33,162	30,088	27,337
37	44,069	43,529	42,993	38,030	33,781	31,868	28,353
38	43,709	44,693	43,125	38,198	35,580	32,771	29,805
39	44,522	43,577	43,866	37,464	35,517	34,057	30,809
40	46,103	44,774	43,182	38,848	35,542	34,121	32,412
41	47,695	46,381	44,181	38,364	36,579	33,901	32,383
42	50,227	48,091	46,452	39,490	36,118	35,220	32,384
43	54,976	50,688	47,639	40,962	37,284	34,633	33,454
44	56,484	55,350	50,353	42,608	38,945	36,260	33,371
45	56,028	57,285	55,161	45,449	40,707	38,099	34,899
46	55,793	56,505	57,129	50,003	43,483	39,726	36,864
47	57,913	57,175	57,028	52,270	47,845	42,259	38,224
48	59,452	58,789	57,413	52,269	50,470	47,202	41,047
49	63,267	61,701	59,440	52,618	50,649	49,899	45,761
50	67,597	65,728	62,254	54,472	51,315	49,951	48,317
51	69,292	69,709	65,443	56,831	53,105	50,197	48,009
52	71,187	71,147	69,914	60,062	55,236	51,792	48,090
53	72,706	72,802	70,850	63,449	57,405	53,501	49,213
54	71,913	73,308	71,602	64,259	61,243	55,034	50,170
55	72,018	72,363	72,242	64,164	60,793	58,202	51,447
56	70,678	71,736	70,539	64,058	60,464	57,444	53,663
57	71,615	70,931	69,743	63,315	60,070	57,393	52,930
58	69,810	71,717	68,791	62,024	59,276	56,940	52,790
59	68,068	69,123	69,651	60,885	57,690	55,924	52,757
60	67,180	67,293	67,097	61,701	56,677	55,053	52,059
61	65,393	65,896	65,108	59,815	57,527	53,804	50,782
62	63,740	64,008	63,539	57,544	55,607	54,350	49,947
63	60,713	62,188	61,480	56,485	53,876	52,881	50,318
64	57,721	59,392	59,897	54,521	52,576	50,556	48,226
65	58,243	57,975	59,140	54,619	52,106	50,551	47,555
66	58,043	56,802	55,344	51,218	49,755	47,817	45,446
67	58,991	56,440	54,380	48,344	46,677	46,048	43,176
68	50,906	57,629	53,912	48,270	44,476	43,306	41,737
69	44,005	49,541	55,336	47,755	43,854	41,462	39,504
70	43,831	42,991	47,746	48,728	43,136	40,678	37,686
71	43,454	42,742	41,629	42,375	44,255	40,164	37,062
72	39,715	41,933	41,250	36,182	38,429	40,971	36,453
73	35,906	38,766	40,755	36,104	32,785	35,644	37,337
74	33,314	34,882	36,982	35,350	32,466	30,182	32,292
75	30,831	32,187	32,989	32,117	32,054	29,699	27,096
76	29,128	29,787	30,264	28,558	28,940	29,213	26,434
77	26,973	27,807	28,147	26,303	25,455	26,391	25,815
78	25,026	25,360	26,271	24,112	23,676	23,067	23,349
79	23,760	23,780	23,775	22,514	21,231	21,163	20,363
80	21,476	22,077	21,863	20,106	19,698	18,808	18,385
81	19,756	20,091	20,218	18,461	17,605	17,305	16,324
82	19,091	18,360	18,543	16,991	15,922	15,379	15,058
83	17,643	17,457	16,708	15,199	14,668	13,903	13,163
84	17,440	16,407	15,889	11,443	13,071	12,693	11,807
85	88,458	82,720	81,253	68,959	66,905	62,554	60,619
Unknown Age	81,587	19,556	4,455	22,791	5,497	3,779	55,469