US Prescription Drug Use: 7 Questions to Test Assumptions

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The National Center for Health Statistics recently released a report on prescription drug use in the US. Take this 7-question quiz to see how much you know about the latest findings.

A new data brief from the National Center for Health Statistics reports on prescription drug use and the drug classes prescribed by age and sex in the US in 2015-2016. The 7 questions below are based on the findings and may challenge your assumptions about the prevalence of health conditions at various stages of life.

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