Table 3:
Prevalence estimates of anxiety disorder in large-scale studies across age groups
| GSMS of children followed up through to early adulthood, cumulatively over 3 waves (26 years; n=1420)24 | TRAILS of adolescents (19 years; n=1584)25* |
WMH Surveys of adults (≥18 years; n=around 150 000)26–31*† |
Meta-analysis of adults (≥18 years)32‡ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | Cumulative | 1 year | Lifetime | Prevalence ratio of female : male | 1 year | Prevalence ratio of female : male | ||
| Selective mutism | ··§ | ··§ | ··§ | ··§ | ··§ | ·· | ··§ | ·· |
| Separation anxiety | 5·0 | 0·3 | 3·1 | 1·0 | 4·8 | 1·4 | ·· | ·· |
| Specific phobia | 2·2 | 9·0 | 11·5 | 5·5 | 7·4 | 2·0 | 6·4 | 2·4 |
| Social anxiety disorder | 4·2 | 7·5 | 12·4 | 2·4 | 4·0 | 1·3 | 2·3 | 2·1 |
| Agoraphobia | 6·1 | 0·7 | 1·0 | 1·0 | 1·5 | 1·9 | 2·0 | 3·1 |
| Panic disorder | 4·8 | 1·3 | 1·6 | 1·0 | 1·7 | 2·0 | 1·8 | 1·8 |
| Generalised anxiety disorder | 9·7 | 1·8 | 2·9 | 1·8 | 3·7 | 1·8 | 1·7 | 2·1 |
| All anxiety disorders | 27·0 | 18·4 | 28·0 | 9·8 | ·· | ·· | 14·0 | 2·1 |
··=not examined or reported.
*
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fifth edition) Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
†
From 25 countries.
‡
Including 12–18 European studies.
§
Expected prevalence is <1·0%.