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

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

Age20062007200820092010201120122013
All Ages5,843,1385,770,3365,735,1945,895,0026,207,1626,743,2336,912,4277,102,240
0-17325,344333,196330,602341,475366,137410,683433,202479,264
18+4,962,0115,255,9175,237,0945,392,9505,694,3436,173,7586,351,9666,530,956
0-54,5413,2912,5922,4822,6372,7712,7452,805
0-24711,800751,520763,318801,166860,495960,4751,017,6141,086,700
-1-11,721996360230231218179116
2-3338235268221224241200257
4-52,6792,1422,0242,1312,3172,4132,4752,608
6-12104,329109,000107,502111,882121,208136,055138,447148,876
13-17219,866224,628224,464230,888245,685275,591296,887332,898
18-24396,451429,650444,949471,657504,543559,470596,135619,582
25-34792,176855,972864,661904,558958,7011,035,0911,052,8521,077,890
35-441,015,9621,049,1491,015,5471,023,4521,056,2541,129,1121,137,8941,154,821
45-541,077,8451,127,1351,098,0961,105,7311,137,8161,206,9611,211,3701,219,957
55-64786,415854,417859,326893,900954,7891,050,5361,089,0521,127,794
65-74442,296486,940505,192530,711570,278644,308713,624766,642
75-84364,419382,314376,409378,997388,800413,778429,533447,078
85+178,276187,526191,033194,749201,667210,633216,208235,417
Unknown Age596,442206,310263,668241,862188,693194,613164,702289,699

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

Age2014201520162017201820192020
All Ages7,449,2287,775,8708,509,0138,296,5178,566,0289,087,0399,447,275
0-17551,204618,524653,267643,325677,631730,163743,159
18+6,837,3717,203,9417,943,1577,676,8627,891,6758,362,8698,568,331
0-56,2774,7524,8704,0443,7923,7073,532
0-241,201,1001,346,4681,482,6281,472,5501,570,2491,703,6661,767,669
-1-1356222212217227318360
2-3664555561418478503471
4-54,3883,8733,9253,3153,1312,9962,855
6-12167,509184,884189,080181,246185,533197,505194,102
13-17377,337426,050463,816463,775495,057536,901553,270
18-24665,395747,630844,849842,882907,363989,3431,039,673
25-341,143,1861,233,2011,370,8031,337,1431,401,5841,531,1301,616,532
35-441,204,3931,265,8311,350,6641,291,3211,316,9561,402,8851,461,600
45-541,282,6521,338,3271,391,5801,286,8551,257,2541,278,0171,265,483
55-641,218,6761,294,8971,369,1631,301,4561,300,2301,338,1701,324,819
65-74838,228910,058990,202972,1351,001,6751,063,3181,085,668
75-84476,209507,318552,918539,279572,390609,166612,451
85+250,223246,608262,399237,034250,384260,450269,283
Unknown Age240,46660,22413,20076,30520,50014,456258,602

Number of People on Zoloft 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.

Age20062007200820092010201120122013
01,08180322210417012010158
167222614012669987958
2118109926289768062
3220128178164138166121208
4614525524510554589555564
52,1421,6951,5501,6971,8201,8791,9942,107
64,1294,3973,9834,3014,5374,9124,9755,413
77,1868,1497,7477,8388,7649,7029,64810,573
811,89612,10911,84612,80513,56815,37815,36616,767
916,05917,49017,40718,04918,91820,90721,81723,400
1021,02721,94122,66623,23824,71227,44427,67630,520
1125,03226,21625,78027,82428,97433,01733,77835,950
1229,02130,04829,98230,02133,04436,75739,72542,549
1333,40333,98034,14334,67236,66141,70145,16950,984
1440,13640,37540,12241,17842,64448,70754,02761,707
1548,93449,41249,37950,03952,82658,99965,03075,807
1657,61758,86159,03560,52163,40470,19475,98585,668
1760,53965,25165,43067,51670,86477,59084,12391,113
1859,28163,40467,09270,03174,23979,80085,54291,287
1955,87561,95464,22069,90673,89780,18486,28289,774
2056,77361,52964,62569,21175,54182,82689,57691,801
2160,37065,37667,09771,75575,77686,07793,12995,999
2261,27968,13669,34872,30177,24485,92294,51297,903
2362,70170,03272,44474,91378,71688,87795,954101,404
2468,38772,49475,45178,96782,57490,58297,906102,709
2572,75579,46878,38882,06486,96494,972101,018104,429
2678,27983,23485,08785,90190,87498,145104,033106,024
2780,79690,58490,41193,42695,269100,816106,834108,322
2883,21592,85595,57298,850102,410106,064110,172113,587
2985,96993,81997,826103,355106,866112,460113,746116,640
3085,55598,45698,225105,461111,650117,673119,845120,143
3188,37896,514101,812104,723112,725121,448123,647126,537
3292,72197,73299,963107,575111,528122,509127,473129,808
3393,744102,558100,609105,206113,830120,280126,864132,573
34100,083103,117104,501105,520109,845122,828123,875131,920
35109,179108,492104,948108,022110,017118,587125,775127,254
36114,270118,152109,254108,386112,656117,589121,985129,750
37110,099123,429117,972111,956111,874121,464120,620125,075
38107,078117,370122,185120,530115,416118,745123,785123,972
39106,131114,472116,840124,533124,223123,160120,997126,236
40110,237112,742113,308118,406127,166131,982126,092124,439
41112,009114,260111,214114,571120,673135,352136,366128,381
42119,034117,774113,174112,247116,968128,677138,474138,024
43120,551125,878115,708113,687114,189123,891132,564141,458
44124,778127,386123,502116,423116,139121,106127,889134,287
45123,585129,102124,899124,455119,111123,563126,139130,792
46124,661130,382126,729125,336126,363126,699128,893129,182
47124,759131,257127,561126,505127,840134,533133,014131,778
48123,523130,691128,672127,952128,799135,954140,295135,920
49126,299130,271128,194128,465130,274136,787141,699143,183
50124,918133,178126,797127,732130,421138,257142,989145,067
51122,971131,016130,038126,397129,362138,193144,319145,751
52121,782128,275126,391128,696128,078137,691144,921148,180
53118,561127,572125,015126,267130,297135,778143,629146,971
54116,657123,368123,517124,184127,486137,822142,282145,978
55111,202121,015120,107122,296124,710135,122143,385144,749
56105,393115,776116,498119,148122,582131,620140,629146,237
57102,682109,272112,051114,948118,675129,012137,649142,545
58101,615107,591105,517109,669115,171125,067134,989139,632
59103,554106,401103,710103,603109,899121,406130,212137,105
6091,364107,451102,865101,912103,295115,925127,259131,856
6174,35795,200103,186100,721101,345108,673120,696128,360
6272,94877,42692,051101,36598,786105,745113,331121,402
6372,68575,23874,21089,035100,159103,133109,877113,711
6467,18975,73073,06673,14187,498104,933108,126111,076
6564,53373,97076,82175,01475,11095,706115,384115,377
6659,05068,18273,73876,18375,80680,008104,095118,372
6756,17263,02866,91273,40876,79679,84586,239105,366
6853,55558,85461,73865,99973,54981,26486,35487,299
6950,14757,28257,61361,64965,86877,46687,09787,505
7047,74053,85955,87757,50661,42869,35682,85888,616
7147,46151,09153,20555,61557,40464,32573,76784,185
7244,56650,88550,19052,51855,69060,39468,65274,712
7343,26847,99750,07050,45653,20358,55864,84069,312
7443,72145,78747,80949,95050,94255,77062,17765,749
7542,72646,48145,11947,43549,95453,25959,17963,489
7644,05545,69145,36044,91947,30551,65856,26659,950
7742,28146,80544,73245,03444,63949,61754,90057,392
7844,19945,38345,41543,92045,27346,50752,24155,375
7943,64646,61444,26744,43643,97346,47949,12352,469
8044,93645,15244,65143,01443,66344,68948,17248,409
8140,93343,29044,11043,00942,02244,62045,98347,392
8240,88242,48341,36641,92042,05142,62845,60645,616
8345,50341,72140,11839,56040,56942,06142,70844,781
8443,46047,90143,86443,02840,22642,99141,86141,578
85178,276187,526191,033194,749201,667210,633216,208235,417
Unknown Age596,442206,310263,668241,862188,693194,613164,702289,699

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

Age2014201520162017201820192020
01418510890127174168
1217137115133119149185
2245255216149247182253
3416300353271249331255
41,155928942762696672679
53,2112,9233,0492,6842,5742,4642,339
66,9637,3637,6476,6926,6926,8026,696
712,58713,52714,04813,71913,34913,79013,159
819,17320,82122,94521,31121,66522,73422,089
925,83028,77431,98231,33031,25632,76832,135
1033,06335,51339,78937,74537,77341,71040,449
1140,27043,30744,84044,51745,71949,00948,105
1246,89352,01754,89753,35357,50162,68463,187
1357,11862,84267,45067,31271,43378,34281,251
1471,15578,31283,14983,79289,85097,363101,564
1586,01897,082104,046102,068110,842119,626122,328
1698,132110,104122,003120,150127,555139,658141,844
17100,949116,166128,743130,822138,112149,016152,823
1897,960111,152127,419127,770139,094148,974154,113
1997,206109,853125,864128,740137,084151,335156,189
2099,404113,478127,288128,772141,167151,538161,195
21100,850113,680129,447128,257138,582153,960160,385
22104,733114,947129,637128,313137,943151,202161,652
23108,115118,199132,882130,180139,039152,455160,271
24111,244122,653135,686133,458140,452154,081162,661
25114,054125,314140,804136,804144,247156,479165,837
26114,361125,511143,106140,182147,011159,822167,001
27116,481126,386143,116141,416149,056162,075169,224
28119,100129,660145,050144,131153,258167,244174,910
29124,898132,554147,994144,976153,771172,016179,819
30127,246137,519150,679146,764154,631170,739183,165
31130,403138,616155,062148,779155,061170,808181,947
32136,088141,876155,229152,048155,936170,235180,458
33138,583146,030157,254151,010157,926169,045178,569
34140,273147,594159,439151,960155,669170,373177,110
35138,436148,876161,060154,000155,190166,956176,616
36134,844146,283161,205153,821156,716165,552172,852
37134,842142,175156,569153,577155,081165,955169,665
38129,266141,357151,035147,743154,316162,716168,609
39129,292135,675150,437142,757148,648160,545165,061
40130,576134,984144,646141,434142,048154,303161,854
41129,468135,945141,746135,015140,793147,469155,333
42134,708134,911142,305132,916134,543146,326147,923
43143,658140,433141,309132,786132,193138,704145,565
44147,064150,270146,920131,968132,431136,433138,765
45141,296153,664157,478137,498131,269136,880136,358
46137,145146,456161,081146,453136,108135,553136,674
47136,252142,990152,931149,680144,852139,941135,195
48139,478142,398148,912142,946147,884149,096139,258
49144,842146,097147,854139,423142,349152,321148,356
50151,938151,096151,551138,647138,066146,901150,927
51153,886158,514156,425141,122137,032142,024144,599
52155,696160,024164,953146,204139,624140,424140,677
53156,851161,509166,103153,602144,554143,278138,704
54155,678162,890167,082155,065152,181147,326141,118
55154,431161,326167,960156,101152,796154,962145,925
56153,557160,162166,514156,429153,815155,582152,644
57154,598158,664165,239154,937154,312156,447153,190
58149,392158,965163,525152,948152,592157,467153,524
59147,480154,619163,461152,204151,237155,526154,711
60144,765151,594158,339152,502148,862154,016152,661
61139,029148,868155,208147,901149,896151,532150,583
62133,540142,175151,242143,108145,322151,520147,784
63126,793136,270144,712139,687140,412146,705147,696
64119,131129,726139,010134,246136,779141,604142,969
65120,756126,780136,555134,379136,580143,247142,934
66120,755122,922128,487126,670131,703136,781138,078
67122,373124,020126,283120,575125,294132,365133,161
68106,547126,055126,788117,650118,854126,694129,036
6990,976109,200129,200118,962116,398119,932124,032
7091,12094,059111,917120,890116,703117,903116,354
7192,10294,08596,749105,304119,570117,880114,223
7286,21994,70196,67990,395104,355121,002114,635
7376,70088,17196,85890,36388,936105,438116,935
7471,51378,92791,16290,77988,79990,166101,657
7567,55773,35882,02785,28389,40689,55686,444
7665,05769,31775,70776,23884,29389,71785,613
7761,85867,00771,38870,10974,78484,71485,809
7858,71162,71868,84066,05868,80274,91880,553
7956,21259,19864,28063,47664,50868,60670,766
8052,92556,51259,92358,83161,62063,99964,431
8148,89452,84857,01054,66056,94860,98259,907
8247,91348,35753,06751,51752,85955,97156,584
8345,37947,18348,32048,40749,54851,64351,961
8445,16544,66047,14036,02445,42048,07147,221
85250,223246,608262,399237,034250,384260,450269,283
Unknown Age240,46660,22413,20076,30520,50014,456258,602