Prevalence and Incidence of Phobias
Prevalance of Phobias:
11.5 million adults (NIMH); 8.0% adults (NIMH) ... see also overview of Phobias.
Prevalance Rate:
approx 1 in 23 or 4.23% or 11.5 million people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "11.5 million adults (NIMH); 8.0% adults (NIMH)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Prevalance of types of Phobias:
For details see prevalence of types of Phobias analysis; summary of available prevalence data:
Phobias Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence of types of Phobias:
For details see incidence of types of Phobias analysis; summary of available incidence by type data:
More Statistics about Phobias:
Hospitalization statistics
All statistics for Phobias
Prevalence/Incidence of Phobias: Online Medical Books
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Phobias:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
A phobia develops when anxiety about an object or a situation compels the patient to avoid it. The precise cause of most phobias is unknown. Psychoanalytic theory holds that the phobia is actually repression and displacement of an internal conflict. Behavior theorists view phobia as a stimulus-response reflex, avoiding a situation or object that causes anxiety.
Ten percent of Americans suffer from a phobic disorder. In fact, phobias are the most common psychiatric disorders in women and the second most common in men. More men than women experience social phobias, whereas agoraphobia and specific phobias are more common in women.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Generalized anxiety disorder:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Theorists share a common premise: Conflict, whether intrapsychic, sociopersonal, or interpersonal, promotes an anxiety state.
Generalized anxiety disorder has a 1-year prevalence range from 3% to 8%. It’s more common in women than in men, and half of all cases begin in childhood or adolescence.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Phobias usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Phobias at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Phobias refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Phobias diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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