Prevalence
The World Health Organization's Global Burden of Disease project did not include generalized anxiety disorders. In lieu of global statistics, here are some prevalence rates from around the world:
- Australia: 3 percent of adults
- Canada: Between 3 and 5 percent of adults
- Italy: 2.9 percent
- Taiwan: 0.4 percent
- United States: approx. 3.1 percent of people age 18 and over in a given year (9.5 million)
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