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Statistics and Facts About Anxiety Disorder July 25, 2008Different anxiety disorder types include generalized social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder.
- Anxiety disorder is the most common mental illness. Alone in United States, about 20 million population, aged 18 to 54 is affected with this disease.
- According to a report published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, anxiety disorders cost US more than $42 billion a year which is about one - third of the US total mental health bill.
- People suffering with anxiety disorders are 3 to 5 times more like to go to doctors and 6 times more likely to get hospitalized for psychiatric disorders than non - sufferers.
Anxiety Disorders Affected US Population (Nos. And Percentages)
General Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- No. Of women affected with GAD is almost twice than men
- The person affected with GAD is more prone to be affected with other disorder.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Men and women are equally prone to be affected with this disorder.
- About one third of affected adults had first symptoms in childhood.
- In 1990 OCD costs US 6% of the total mental health bill.
Panic Disorder
- About 2.5 million population of US alone is affected
- Women are twice as more prone than men
- comorbity rate is very high
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- About 5.2 million American are affected with this disorder. Women are more likely to be affected than men.
- Rape is the most likely problem of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), 65% of men and 46% of women who has been raped earlier has developed PTSD.
- The children who have been raped in their early childhood are more prone to PTSD in their teens or adulthood.
Social Anxiety Disorder
- It is equally common among men and women.
- About 5.3 million population is affected with Social Anxiety Disorder.
Phobia
- About 15million American population is affected with Phobia.
- Women are twice likely to be affected as men.
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