Anxiety in the U.S.

Statistics report on anxiety in the U.S.

Anxiety in the U.S.

This report provides some of the most important facts and figures concerning anxiety in the United States. Included in the report is a brief global overview of anxiety and then chapters specifically for the United States on the prevalence or anxiety among adults and youth, medication use, and more.

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Worldwide overview

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  • Premium Statistic Most worrying topics worldwide 2023
  • Basic Statistic Share of adults worldwide who often thought about their mental wellbeing 2022
  • Basic Statistic Most stressed countries worldwide in 2021-2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of people worldwide with stress, depression, and anxiety in 2022, by age
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of world population with select mental health disorders as of 2019
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of the population that had anxiety disorders worldwide from 1990 to 2019
  • Premium Statistic Share of the population that had anxiety disorders worldwide 1990-2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Reported helpfulness of select actions for anxiety/depression worldwide in 2020
  • Basic Statistic Respondents worldwide who took select steps to alleviate anxiety or depression, 2020

U.S. overview

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  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults who thought select health issues were a crisis 2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. adults who had been diagnosed with select disorders 2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults that were more anxious than the previous year from 2020 to 2023
  • Basic Statistic Anxiety among U.S. adults in regards to select aspects of life from 2020 to 2023
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. college students with mental disorders in 2022-2023

Prevalence

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  • Basic Statistic Percentage of the U.S. population that had anxiety disorders from 1990 to 2019
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of the U.S. population with anxiety disorders from 1990 to 2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Anxiety, depression, loneliness among U.S. adults, 2022
  • Basic Statistic Anxiety, depression, loneliness among U.S. adults, 2022, by age
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults who reported anxiety disorder symptoms from Apr. 2020-Aug. 2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults with anxiety disorder symptoms from Apr. 2020-Aug. 2023, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults experiencing anxiety symptoms as of 2022, by age and LGBT status
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. LGBTQ youth who reported anxiety or depression in 2022, by sexuality
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. LGBTQ youth who reported anxiety or depression 2022, by gender identity
  • Basic Statistic Severity of anxiety symptoms reported by U.S. veterans with the WWP as of 2022

Anxiety among children and adolescents

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  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who ever had anxiety problems from 2016 to 2019
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who ever had anxiety problems from 2016 to 2019, by gender
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who ever had anxiety problems from 2016 to 2019, by age
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. children who ever had anxiety problems from 2016 to 2019, by ethnicity
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. children who ever had anxiety problems from 2016 to 2019, by income

Medication

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  • Premium Statistic Number of trazodone prescriptions in the U.S. 2004-2020
  • Basic Statistic Trazodone out-of-pocket cost in the U.S. 2004-2020
  • Basic Statistic Number of alprazolam prescriptions in the U.S. 2004-2020
  • Basic Statistic Alprazolam out of pocket cost in the U.S. 2004-2020
  • Premium Statistic U.S. veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan taking selected medications 2021

Special: The COVID-19 pandemic and anxiety

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  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults very or somewhat worried about getting COVID-19, 2020-2022
  • Basic Statistic COVID-19 impacts on daily life among U.S. adults in 2020 and 2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. parents who saw select issues in their teens due to COVID-19 pandemic as of 2021
  • Basic Statistic Health changes during the COVID-19 pandemic among U.S. patients, as of April 2021
  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of select mental health conditions among U.S. health workers 2021, by sex
  • Basic Statistic Mental health symptoms among older U.S. adults during COVID pandemic as of Jan. 2021

Miscellaneous

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  • Premium Statistic Distribution of U.S. suicide deaths with select mental illness in 2020, by gender
  • Basic Statistic U.S. most searched mental illnesses symptoms 2019-2023, by monthly searches
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adult tobacco product use in 2020, by feelings of anxiety
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