Anxiety Attack Statistics

Anxiety Attack Statistics

Prevalence of Anxiety disorder: approximately 2.4 million Americans (NIMH)

Prevalence Rate: approx 1 in 113 or 0.88% or 2.4 million people in USA

Incidence (annual) of Panic disorder: 1.7% of US adults annually (NIMH)

Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 58 or 1.70% or 4.6 million people in USA

Incidence extrapolations for USA for Anxiety disorder:
4,624,000 per year, 385,333 per month, 88,923 per week, 12,668 per day, 527 per hour, 8 per minute, 0 per second.

Lifetime risk for Panic disorder: 3 million Americans (NIMH); 1.6% adults (USSG)
Prevalence of Anxiety disorder: Anxiety disorder strikes between 3 and 6 million Americans, and is twice as common in women as in men.
Incidence of Panic disorder: About 1.7% of the adult U.S. population ages18 to 54 - approximately 2.4 million Americans - has anxiety panic disorder in a given year.
Prevalence of Anxiety disorder discussion: Approximately 2.4 million American adultsages 18 to 54, or about 1.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have anxiety disorder.

In the United States, 1.6 percent of the adult population, or more than 3 million people, will have anxiety panic disorder at some time in their lives.

Prevalence statistics about Anxiety Panic disorder: The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Anxiety Panic disorder:

• 3 million American adults (NIMH)
• 1.7% of the adult U.S. population ages 18 to 54 (NIMH)

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