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Anxiety disorders prevalence, males vs. females

Estimated share of people with anxiety disorders, whether or not they are diagnosed, based on representativesurveys, medical data and statistical modelling.

Data source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024); Our World In Data – Learn more about this data

Note: To allow for comparisons between countries and over time, this metric is age-standardized.

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