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Table 1 The burden of anxiety disorders

From: Epidemiology of anxiety disorders: global burden and sociodemographic associations

Region

Prevalence (cases per 100,000 population)

The burden of human suffering (DALY per 100,000)

Total number of cases

Global average

3 895

370

301 390 000

 Europe

4 903

461

41 642 000

     Germany

6 739

629

5 722 000

     France

6 576

620

4 353 000

     Italy

5 935

555

3 580 000

     Spain

5 128

482

2 360 000

     Netherlands

7 205

680

1 236 000

     Switzerland

7 144

673

626 000

     Sweden

4 978

469

508 000

     Turkey

4 820

461

3 921 000

     Russia

3 407

320

4 999 000

     United Kingdom

4 688

439

3 151 000

Asia

3 420

326

155 774 000

 China

3 363

321

47 842 000

 India

3 006

283

41 805 000

 Japan

2 438

230

3 116 000

 South Korea

3 487

332

1 862 000

 Saudi Arabia

4 969

479

1 775 000

 Iran

7 537

721

6 353 000

Australia

5 986

566

1 470 000

Americas

5 818

548

58 782 000

 United States

6 171

570

20 241 000

 Canada

4 683

442

1 710 000

 Mexico

3 628

347

4 533 000

 Brazil

7 993

757

17 319 000

 Argentina

5 162

493

2 329 000

Africa

3 406

328

44 802 000

 South Africa

3 868

366

2 150 000

 Nigeria

2 722

263

5 848 000

 Egypt

4 608

446

4 565 000

  1. Selected countries are shown in this table (all countries were included in the analysis). Data from Global Burden of Disease, 2019. DALY = disability-adjusted life years