How prevalent is GAD?
Generalized anxiety is very common. The prevalence rate of GAD in the general population over the past year is estimated to be approximately 4%. In the United States as many as 12 million people suffer from generalized anxiety. However, the experience of severe generalized anxiety is also an important part of most other anxiety and phobic disorders. In combination with other phobic and anxiety disorders, the percentage of the general population suffering from a disorder that involves generalized anxiety as a major component increases to approximately 10% to 12%. All sorts of people, across all levels of socioeconomic status and professions experience GAD.
