OUGD505 - Product, Range and Distribution: Mental Health Statistics

Mental Health statistics

Mental ill health is a real problem and is 'normal' for someone to develop from previous trauma, bereavement or experience.  

• Mental health problems are one of the main causes of the overall disease burden worldwide.
• Mental health and behavioural problems (e.g. depression, anxiety and drug use) are reported to be the primary drivers of disability worldwide, causing over 40 million years of disability in 20 to 29-year-olds.
• Major depression is thought to be the second leading cause of disability worldwide and a major contributor to the burden of suicide and ischemic heart disease.
• It is estimated that 1 in 6 people in the past week experienced a common mental health problem
• Mixed anxiety & depression is the most common mental disorder in Britain, with 7.8% of people meeting criteria for diagnosis.
• 4-10% of people in England will experience depression in their lifetime.
• Common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety are distributed according to a gradient of economic disadvantage across society. The poorer and more disadvantaged are disproprotionately affected by common mental health problems and their adverse consequences.
• Mixed anxiety and depression has been estimated to cause one fifth of days lost from work in Britain.
• One adult in six had a common mental disorder.
• 1 in 6.8 people are experience mental health problems in the workplace (14.7%).
• Women in full-time employment are nearly twice as likely to have a common mental health problem as full-time employed men (19.8% vs 10.9%).
• Evidence suggests that 12.7% of all sickness absence days in the UK can be attributed to mental health conditions.
• In 2014, 19.7% of people in the UK aged 16 and over showed symptoms of anxiety or depression - a 1.5% increase from 2013. This percentage was higher among females (22.5%) than males (16.8%).
• In 2013, there were 8.2 million cases of anxiety in the UK.
• In England women are almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety disorders as men.
• The one-week prevalence of generalised anxiety in England is 6.6%

Statistics from https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/statistics