Panic Attacks and Anxiety – Some Facts

We have investigated about 40 million U.S. above the age of 18 suffer from anxiety disorders and costs of this disorder a whooping 42 billion dollars into the country each year. The economic burden of Anxiety Disorder and the commission of the ADAA and The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry published on July 7 in the year1999 reveals that 1/3rd part of U.S. $ 148 million (which is about 49.33 billion dollars) incurred as the total health bill in this country. People suffering from anxiety disorders and panic attacks get more exposure of 3 to 5 times than the rest and are six times more likely to be hospitalized, compared with those who suffer from these disorders. People who suffer from generalized anxiety disorders are about 6.8 million. 6 million people suffer from anxiety and panic attacks, 7. 7 million suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, 15 million suffer from anxiety disorder in society, $ 2.2 million of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and 19 million of specific phobias. Anxiety and panic attacks are related to both emotional disorders and bipolar disorders.