Anxiety Disorders Statistics and Facts

Anxiety Disorders
Statistics And Facts

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%.

Panic Disorder: 2.4 million, 1.7%.

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%.

Specific Phobia affects: 6.3 million, 4.4%.

Any Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Agoraphobia) affects 11.5 million (8%) of adult Americans.