Anxiety Attack Statistics
December 7, 2008
Why is There Such A Need Tin Find A Cure For Panic Attacks?
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.1
Incidence of Panic disorder: About 1.7% of the adult U.S. population ages
18 to 54 – approximately 2.4 million Americans – has anxiety panic disorder in a given year. 2
Prevalence of Anxiety disorder discussion: Approximately 2.4 million American adults
ages 18 to 54, or about 1.7 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have anxiety disorder. 3
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.4
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)
1. excerpt from Panic Disorder: NWHIC
2. excerpt from Facts about Panic Disorder: NIMH
3. excerpt from The Numbers Count: NIMH
4. excerpt from Understanding Panic Disorder: NIMH
All of this information underscores our need for a real cure for panic attacks.
