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. 2019 Aug 9;32(4):e100076. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2019-100076

Table 1.

Prevalence of anxiety disorders by country (n, %)

Countries (n) GAD Panic disorder (lifetime) Panic disorder (current) Agoraphobia Social phobia OCD %† Prevalence*
Argentina (134) 32 (23.9%) 12 (9.0%) 19 (14.2%) 12 (9.0%) 7 (5.2%) 3 (2.2%) 1.6 37.6
China (388) 19 (4.9%) 11 (2.8%) 4 (1.0%) 17 (4.4%) 9 (2.3%) 9 (2.3%) 1.4 11.3
Germany (117) 3 (2.5%) 3 (2.5%) 1 (0.9%) 13 (11%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.5 12.7
India (197) 1 (0.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.0 0.5
Italy (202) 4 (2.0%) 9 (4.4%) 2 (1.0%) 4 (2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.6 8.9
Kenya (184) 12 (6.5%) 18 (9.8%) 8 (4.3%) 10 (5.4%) 11 (6.0%) 6 (3.3%) 1.8 30.4
Mexico (203) 26 (12.8%) 11 (5.4%) 15 (7.4%) 4 (2.0%) 1 (0.5%) 2 (1.0%) 1.4 22.2
Pakistan (207) 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 1 (0.5%) 2 (1.0%) 2 (1.0%) 1 (0.5%) 0.1 1.9
Poland (217) 23 (10.6%) 14 (6.5%) 9 (4.1%) 8 (3.7%) 10 (4.6%) 1 (0.5%) 1.1 16.6
Russia (200) 37 (18.5%) 25 (12.5%) 20 (10%) 28 (14%) 21 (10.5%) 5 (2.5%) 2.2 35.5
Serbia (200) 1 (0.5%) 2 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (1.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.2 2.5
Ukraine (132) 12 (9.1%) 44 (33.3%) 30 (22.7%) 6 (4.5%) 11 (8.3%) 6 (4.5%) 3.0 72.7
Uganda (198) 9 (4.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.3 5.1
Pakistan (PC 214) 19 (8.9%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.9%) 1 (0.5%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.5%) 0.7 9.9
Bangladesh (194) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0.0 0.0
Saudi Arabia (174) 71 (41%) 11 (6.3%) 9 (5.2%) 2 (1.1%) 9 (5.2%) 9 (5.2%) 3.0 52.2
Total 270 (8.5%) 161 (5.1%) 120 (3.8%) 110 (3.5%) 81 (2.6%) 43 (1.4%)

*Prevalence of anxiety disorder in each country.

†Per cent of anxiety disorder cases contributed by each country.

GAD, generalised anxiety disorder; OCD, obsessive-compulsive disorder; PC, primary care (Pakistan).