Prevalence+and+statistics+in+Canada+and+U.S

=Statistics on Canadians and Americans diagnosed with OCD=

**One-Year Prevalence of Anxiety Disorders in Canada (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2002)**

Type of Anxiety Disorder Canada (Ages 15-64 years) (%)

Anxiety disorder 2-4

Generalized Anxiety Disorder 1.1

Specific Phobia 6.2 - 8.0

Social Phobia 6.7


 * Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 1.8 **

Panic Disorder 0.7

Approximately 600 000 Canadians have been diagnosed with OCD which could possibly be under-reported.

**How common is OCD in the United States and its costs to the economy associated with it? (MAC Anxiety Research center, n.d.)**


 * About 2.3 % of the U.S. population ages 18 to 54 – approximately 3.3 million Americans – has OCD in a given year.
 * OCD affects men and women equally.
 * OCD typically begin during adolescence or early childhood; at least one-third of the cases of adult OCD began in childhood.
 * OCD costs the U.S. $8.4 billion in 1990 in social and economic losses, nearly 6% of the total mental health bill of $148 billion.