anxiety statistics
Anxiety disorders are more common
than you think…
Startling Anxiety Facts
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Anxiety disorders affect about
40 million
American adults age 18 years and older. That’s about 18% of the
population in a given year.
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Anxiety disorders are the
number one mental health problem in
America, surpassing even
depression in numbers.
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Women suffer from anxiety and stress almost twice
as much as men.
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Anxiety is the
most common
mental health issue facing seniors.
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Anxiety disorders cost the U.S. workplace
$46.6 billion
annually; 88% of this figure is from lost productivity.
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1 National Institute of Mental Health.
Kessler RC, Chiu WT, Demler O, Walters EE.
Archives of General Psychiatry,
2005 Jun;62(6):617-27.
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National Institute of Mental Health. Based on 7/1/98 U.S. Census
resident population estimate of 143.3 million, age 18-54.
4 University of Texas-Houston, Health Science
Center.
5 Based on 1990 figures of direct and indirect costs.
July 1999 Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Note: Bold formatting added by the National Institute of
Anxiety and Stress, Inc.
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