A report released this month states that when it comes to using human growth hormone that in the U.S. short boys are twice more likely to receive this growth hormone than are girls in the U.S. The reason for this is more than likely that we live in a cultural bias society when it comes to male height.
This trend has been followed for approximately 20 years, from the time of human growth hormone first availability until now and the recipients’ ratios are still nearly two-to-one. In the U.S., the report shows that males outnumbered females in all age groups, and this is especially true during the second decade of life. Because boys typically hit puberty later in life than girls, they also hit their growth spurt at a later stage. However, if some do not measure up to peer height this when they are hauled off to the pediatrician where treatments with a human growth hormone is started.
It is however noteworthy to mention that in most other countries the heights of girls and boys are treated equally. Therefore, the number of children that are on a human growth hormone may be about the same.