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Statistics
And Facts About Anxiety Disorders
- Anxiety Disorders are
the most common mental illness in the U.S. with 19.1 million (13.3%)
of the adult U.S. population (ages 18-54) affected.
- According to "The
Economic Burden of Anxiety Disorders," a study commissioned
by the ADAA and based on data gathered by the association and published
in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, anxiety disorders
cost the U.S. more than $42 billion a year, almost one third of
the $148 billion total mental health bill for the U.S.
- More than $22.84 billion
of those costs are associated with the repeated use of healthcare
services, as those with anxiety disorders seek relief for symptoms
that mimic physical illnesses.
- People with an anxiety
disorder are three-to-five times more likely to go to the doctor
and six times more likely to be hospitalized for psychiatric disorders
than non-sufferers.
NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES REFER TO ADULT U.S. POPULATION AFFECTED.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: 4 million, 2.8%.
- Women are twice as
likely to be afflicted than men.
- Very likely to be
comorbid with other disorders.
Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder: 3.3 million, 2.3%.
- It is equally common
among men and women.
- One third of afflicted
adults had their first symptoms in childhood.
- In 1990 OCD cost the
U.S. 6% of the total $148 billion mental health bill.
Panic Disorder:
2.4 million, 1.7%.
- Women are twice as
likely to be afflicted than men.
- Has a very high comorbidity
rate with major depression.
Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder: 5.2 million, 3.6%.
- Women are more likely
to be afflicted than men.
- Rape is the most likely
trigger of PTSD, 65% of men and 45.9% of women who are raped will
develop the disorder.
- Childhood sexual abuse
is a strong predictor of lifetime likelihood for developing PTSD.
Social
Anxiety Disorder: 5.3 million, 3.7%.
- It is equally common
among men and women.
Specific
Phobia affects: 6.3 million, 4.4%.
- Women are twice as
likely to be afflicted as men.
Any Phobia
(Social Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Agoraphobia) affects
14.8 million (10.3%) of adult Americans.
Anxiety Disorders
Association of America
8730 Georgia Avenue, Suite 600
Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
Main # (240) 485-1001
Fax # (240) 485-1035
© 2003 Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
All Rights Reserved.
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