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:

Age	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
All Ages	5,843,138	5,770,336	5,735,194	5,895,002	6,207,162	6,743,233	6,912,427	7,102,240
0-17	325,344	333,196	330,602	341,475	366,137	410,683	433,202	479,264
18+	4,962,011	5,255,917	5,237,094	5,392,950	5,694,343	6,173,758	6,351,966	6,530,956
0-5	4,541	3,291	2,592	2,482	2,637	2,771	2,745	2,805
0-24	711,800	751,520	763,318	801,166	860,495	960,475	1,017,614	1,086,700
-1-1	1,721	996	360	230	231	218	179	116
2-3	338	235	268	221	224	241	200	257
4-5	2,679	2,142	2,024	2,131	2,317	2,413	2,475	2,608
6-12	104,329	109,000	107,502	111,882	121,208	136,055	138,447	148,876
13-17	219,866	224,628	224,464	230,888	245,685	275,591	296,887	332,898
18-24	396,451	429,650	444,949	471,657	504,543	559,470	596,135	619,582
25-34	792,176	855,972	864,661	904,558	958,701	1,035,091	1,052,852	1,077,890
35-44	1,015,962	1,049,149	1,015,547	1,023,452	1,056,254	1,129,112	1,137,894	1,154,821
45-54	1,077,845	1,127,135	1,098,096	1,105,731	1,137,816	1,206,961	1,211,370	1,219,957
55-64	786,415	854,417	859,326	893,900	954,789	1,050,536	1,089,052	1,127,794
65-74	442,296	486,940	505,192	530,711	570,278	644,308	713,624	766,642
75-84	364,419	382,314	376,409	378,997	388,800	413,778	429,533	447,078
85+	178,276	187,526	191,033	194,749	201,667	210,633	216,208	235,417
Unknown Age	596,442	206,310	263,668	241,862	188,693	194,613	164,702	289,699

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

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
All Ages	7,449,228	7,775,870	8,509,013	8,296,517	8,566,028	9,087,039	9,447,275
0-17	551,204	618,524	653,267	643,325	677,631	730,163	743,159
18+	6,837,371	7,203,941	7,943,157	7,676,862	7,891,675	8,362,869	8,568,331
0-5	6,277	4,752	4,870	4,044	3,792	3,707	3,532
0-24	1,201,100	1,346,468	1,482,628	1,472,550	1,570,249	1,703,666	1,767,669
-1-1	356	222	212	217	227	318	360
2-3	664	555	561	418	478	503	471
4-5	4,388	3,873	3,925	3,315	3,131	2,996	2,855
6-12	167,509	184,884	189,080	181,246	185,533	197,505	194,102
13-17	377,337	426,050	463,816	463,775	495,057	536,901	553,270
18-24	665,395	747,630	844,849	842,882	907,363	989,343	1,039,673
25-34	1,143,186	1,233,201	1,370,803	1,337,143	1,401,584	1,531,130	1,616,532
35-44	1,204,393	1,265,831	1,350,664	1,291,321	1,316,956	1,402,885	1,461,600
45-54	1,282,652	1,338,327	1,391,580	1,286,855	1,257,254	1,278,017	1,265,483
55-64	1,218,676	1,294,897	1,369,163	1,301,456	1,300,230	1,338,170	1,324,819
65-74	838,228	910,058	990,202	972,135	1,001,675	1,063,318	1,085,668
75-84	476,209	507,318	552,918	539,279	572,390	609,166	612,451
85+	250,223	246,608	262,399	237,034	250,384	260,450	269,283
Unknown Age	240,466	60,224	13,200	76,305	20,500	14,456	258,602

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.

Age	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
0	1,081	803	222	104	170	120	101	58
1	672	226	140	126	69	98	79	58
2	118	109	92	62	89	76	80	62
3	220	128	178	164	138	166	121	208
4	614	525	524	510	554	589	555	564
5	2,142	1,695	1,550	1,697	1,820	1,879	1,994	2,107
6	4,129	4,397	3,983	4,301	4,537	4,912	4,975	5,413
7	7,186	8,149	7,747	7,838	8,764	9,702	9,648	10,573
8	11,896	12,109	11,846	12,805	13,568	15,378	15,366	16,767
9	16,059	17,490	17,407	18,049	18,918	20,907	21,817	23,400
10	21,027	21,941	22,666	23,238	24,712	27,444	27,676	30,520
11	25,032	26,216	25,780	27,824	28,974	33,017	33,778	35,950
12	29,021	30,048	29,982	30,021	33,044	36,757	39,725	42,549
13	33,403	33,980	34,143	34,672	36,661	41,701	45,169	50,984
14	40,136	40,375	40,122	41,178	42,644	48,707	54,027	61,707
15	48,934	49,412	49,379	50,039	52,826	58,999	65,030	75,807
16	57,617	58,861	59,035	60,521	63,404	70,194	75,985	85,668
17	60,539	65,251	65,430	67,516	70,864	77,590	84,123	91,113
18	59,281	63,404	67,092	70,031	74,239	79,800	85,542	91,287
19	55,875	61,954	64,220	69,906	73,897	80,184	86,282	89,774
20	56,773	61,529	64,625	69,211	75,541	82,826	89,576	91,801
21	60,370	65,376	67,097	71,755	75,776	86,077	93,129	95,999
22	61,279	68,136	69,348	72,301	77,244	85,922	94,512	97,903
23	62,701	70,032	72,444	74,913	78,716	88,877	95,954	101,404
24	68,387	72,494	75,451	78,967	82,574	90,582	97,906	102,709
25	72,755	79,468	78,388	82,064	86,964	94,972	101,018	104,429
26	78,279	83,234	85,087	85,901	90,874	98,145	104,033	106,024
27	80,796	90,584	90,411	93,426	95,269	100,816	106,834	108,322
28	83,215	92,855	95,572	98,850	102,410	106,064	110,172	113,587
29	85,969	93,819	97,826	103,355	106,866	112,460	113,746	116,640
30	85,555	98,456	98,225	105,461	111,650	117,673	119,845	120,143
31	88,378	96,514	101,812	104,723	112,725	121,448	123,647	126,537
32	92,721	97,732	99,963	107,575	111,528	122,509	127,473	129,808
33	93,744	102,558	100,609	105,206	113,830	120,280	126,864	132,573
34	100,083	103,117	104,501	105,520	109,845	122,828	123,875	131,920
35	109,179	108,492	104,948	108,022	110,017	118,587	125,775	127,254
36	114,270	118,152	109,254	108,386	112,656	117,589	121,985	129,750
37	110,099	123,429	117,972	111,956	111,874	121,464	120,620	125,075
38	107,078	117,370	122,185	120,530	115,416	118,745	123,785	123,972
39	106,131	114,472	116,840	124,533	124,223	123,160	120,997	126,236
40	110,237	112,742	113,308	118,406	127,166	131,982	126,092	124,439
41	112,009	114,260	111,214	114,571	120,673	135,352	136,366	128,381
42	119,034	117,774	113,174	112,247	116,968	128,677	138,474	138,024
43	120,551	125,878	115,708	113,687	114,189	123,891	132,564	141,458
44	124,778	127,386	123,502	116,423	116,139	121,106	127,889	134,287
45	123,585	129,102	124,899	124,455	119,111	123,563	126,139	130,792
46	124,661	130,382	126,729	125,336	126,363	126,699	128,893	129,182
47	124,759	131,257	127,561	126,505	127,840	134,533	133,014	131,778
48	123,523	130,691	128,672	127,952	128,799	135,954	140,295	135,920
49	126,299	130,271	128,194	128,465	130,274	136,787	141,699	143,183
50	124,918	133,178	126,797	127,732	130,421	138,257	142,989	145,067
51	122,971	131,016	130,038	126,397	129,362	138,193	144,319	145,751
52	121,782	128,275	126,391	128,696	128,078	137,691	144,921	148,180
53	118,561	127,572	125,015	126,267	130,297	135,778	143,629	146,971
54	116,657	123,368	123,517	124,184	127,486	137,822	142,282	145,978
55	111,202	121,015	120,107	122,296	124,710	135,122	143,385	144,749
56	105,393	115,776	116,498	119,148	122,582	131,620	140,629	146,237
57	102,682	109,272	112,051	114,948	118,675	129,012	137,649	142,545
58	101,615	107,591	105,517	109,669	115,171	125,067	134,989	139,632
59	103,554	106,401	103,710	103,603	109,899	121,406	130,212	137,105
60	91,364	107,451	102,865	101,912	103,295	115,925	127,259	131,856
61	74,357	95,200	103,186	100,721	101,345	108,673	120,696	128,360
62	72,948	77,426	92,051	101,365	98,786	105,745	113,331	121,402
63	72,685	75,238	74,210	89,035	100,159	103,133	109,877	113,711
64	67,189	75,730	73,066	73,141	87,498	104,933	108,126	111,076
65	64,533	73,970	76,821	75,014	75,110	95,706	115,384	115,377
66	59,050	68,182	73,738	76,183	75,806	80,008	104,095	118,372
67	56,172	63,028	66,912	73,408	76,796	79,845	86,239	105,366
68	53,555	58,854	61,738	65,999	73,549	81,264	86,354	87,299
69	50,147	57,282	57,613	61,649	65,868	77,466	87,097	87,505
70	47,740	53,859	55,877	57,506	61,428	69,356	82,858	88,616
71	47,461	51,091	53,205	55,615	57,404	64,325	73,767	84,185
72	44,566	50,885	50,190	52,518	55,690	60,394	68,652	74,712
73	43,268	47,997	50,070	50,456	53,203	58,558	64,840	69,312
74	43,721	45,787	47,809	49,950	50,942	55,770	62,177	65,749
75	42,726	46,481	45,119	47,435	49,954	53,259	59,179	63,489
76	44,055	45,691	45,360	44,919	47,305	51,658	56,266	59,950
77	42,281	46,805	44,732	45,034	44,639	49,617	54,900	57,392
78	44,199	45,383	45,415	43,920	45,273	46,507	52,241	55,375
79	43,646	46,614	44,267	44,436	43,973	46,479	49,123	52,469
80	44,936	45,152	44,651	43,014	43,663	44,689	48,172	48,409
81	40,933	43,290	44,110	43,009	42,022	44,620	45,983	47,392
82	40,882	42,483	41,366	41,920	42,051	42,628	45,606	45,616
83	45,503	41,721	40,118	39,560	40,569	42,061	42,708	44,781
84	43,460	47,901	43,864	43,028	40,226	42,991	41,861	41,578
85	178,276	187,526	191,033	194,749	201,667	210,633	216,208	235,417
Unknown Age	596,442	206,310	263,668	241,862	188,693	194,613	164,702	289,699

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

Age	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
0	141	85	108	90	127	174	168
1	217	137	115	133	119	149	185
2	245	255	216	149	247	182	253
3	416	300	353	271	249	331	255
4	1,155	928	942	762	696	672	679
5	3,211	2,923	3,049	2,684	2,574	2,464	2,339
6	6,963	7,363	7,647	6,692	6,692	6,802	6,696
7	12,587	13,527	14,048	13,719	13,349	13,790	13,159
8	19,173	20,821	22,945	21,311	21,665	22,734	22,089
9	25,830	28,774	31,982	31,330	31,256	32,768	32,135
10	33,063	35,513	39,789	37,745	37,773	41,710	40,449
11	40,270	43,307	44,840	44,517	45,719	49,009	48,105
12	46,893	52,017	54,897	53,353	57,501	62,684	63,187
13	57,118	62,842	67,450	67,312	71,433	78,342	81,251
14	71,155	78,312	83,149	83,792	89,850	97,363	101,564
15	86,018	97,082	104,046	102,068	110,842	119,626	122,328
16	98,132	110,104	122,003	120,150	127,555	139,658	141,844
17	100,949	116,166	128,743	130,822	138,112	149,016	152,823
18	97,960	111,152	127,419	127,770	139,094	148,974	154,113
19	97,206	109,853	125,864	128,740	137,084	151,335	156,189
20	99,404	113,478	127,288	128,772	141,167	151,538	161,195
21	100,850	113,680	129,447	128,257	138,582	153,960	160,385
22	104,733	114,947	129,637	128,313	137,943	151,202	161,652
23	108,115	118,199	132,882	130,180	139,039	152,455	160,271
24	111,244	122,653	135,686	133,458	140,452	154,081	162,661
25	114,054	125,314	140,804	136,804	144,247	156,479	165,837
26	114,361	125,511	143,106	140,182	147,011	159,822	167,001
27	116,481	126,386	143,116	141,416	149,056	162,075	169,224
28	119,100	129,660	145,050	144,131	153,258	167,244	174,910
29	124,898	132,554	147,994	144,976	153,771	172,016	179,819
30	127,246	137,519	150,679	146,764	154,631	170,739	183,165
31	130,403	138,616	155,062	148,779	155,061	170,808	181,947
32	136,088	141,876	155,229	152,048	155,936	170,235	180,458
33	138,583	146,030	157,254	151,010	157,926	169,045	178,569
34	140,273	147,594	159,439	151,960	155,669	170,373	177,110
35	138,436	148,876	161,060	154,000	155,190	166,956	176,616
36	134,844	146,283	161,205	153,821	156,716	165,552	172,852
37	134,842	142,175	156,569	153,577	155,081	165,955	169,665
38	129,266	141,357	151,035	147,743	154,316	162,716	168,609
39	129,292	135,675	150,437	142,757	148,648	160,545	165,061
40	130,576	134,984	144,646	141,434	142,048	154,303	161,854
41	129,468	135,945	141,746	135,015	140,793	147,469	155,333
42	134,708	134,911	142,305	132,916	134,543	146,326	147,923
43	143,658	140,433	141,309	132,786	132,193	138,704	145,565
44	147,064	150,270	146,920	131,968	132,431	136,433	138,765
45	141,296	153,664	157,478	137,498	131,269	136,880	136,358
46	137,145	146,456	161,081	146,453	136,108	135,553	136,674
47	136,252	142,990	152,931	149,680	144,852	139,941	135,195
48	139,478	142,398	148,912	142,946	147,884	149,096	139,258
49	144,842	146,097	147,854	139,423	142,349	152,321	148,356
50	151,938	151,096	151,551	138,647	138,066	146,901	150,927
51	153,886	158,514	156,425	141,122	137,032	142,024	144,599
52	155,696	160,024	164,953	146,204	139,624	140,424	140,677
53	156,851	161,509	166,103	153,602	144,554	143,278	138,704
54	155,678	162,890	167,082	155,065	152,181	147,326	141,118
55	154,431	161,326	167,960	156,101	152,796	154,962	145,925
56	153,557	160,162	166,514	156,429	153,815	155,582	152,644
57	154,598	158,664	165,239	154,937	154,312	156,447	153,190
58	149,392	158,965	163,525	152,948	152,592	157,467	153,524
59	147,480	154,619	163,461	152,204	151,237	155,526	154,711
60	144,765	151,594	158,339	152,502	148,862	154,016	152,661
61	139,029	148,868	155,208	147,901	149,896	151,532	150,583
62	133,540	142,175	151,242	143,108	145,322	151,520	147,784
63	126,793	136,270	144,712	139,687	140,412	146,705	147,696
64	119,131	129,726	139,010	134,246	136,779	141,604	142,969
65	120,756	126,780	136,555	134,379	136,580	143,247	142,934
66	120,755	122,922	128,487	126,670	131,703	136,781	138,078
67	122,373	124,020	126,283	120,575	125,294	132,365	133,161
68	106,547	126,055	126,788	117,650	118,854	126,694	129,036
69	90,976	109,200	129,200	118,962	116,398	119,932	124,032
70	91,120	94,059	111,917	120,890	116,703	117,903	116,354
71	92,102	94,085	96,749	105,304	119,570	117,880	114,223
72	86,219	94,701	96,679	90,395	104,355	121,002	114,635
73	76,700	88,171	96,858	90,363	88,936	105,438	116,935
74	71,513	78,927	91,162	90,779	88,799	90,166	101,657
75	67,557	73,358	82,027	85,283	89,406	89,556	86,444
76	65,057	69,317	75,707	76,238	84,293	89,717	85,613
77	61,858	67,007	71,388	70,109	74,784	84,714	85,809
78	58,711	62,718	68,840	66,058	68,802	74,918	80,553
79	56,212	59,198	64,280	63,476	64,508	68,606	70,766
80	52,925	56,512	59,923	58,831	61,620	63,999	64,431
81	48,894	52,848	57,010	54,660	56,948	60,982	59,907
82	47,913	48,357	53,067	51,517	52,859	55,971	56,584
83	45,379	47,183	48,320	48,407	49,548	51,643	51,961
84	45,165	44,660	47,140	36,024	45,420	48,071	47,221
85	250,223	246,608	262,399	237,034	250,384	260,450	269,283
Unknown Age	240,466	60,224	13,200	76,305	20,500	14,456	258,602