Statistics about Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Prevalence and incidence statistics for Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
See also prevalence and incidence page for Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Prevalance of Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
3.3 million adult Americans (NIMH); 2.3% adults (NIMH); 1 in 50 people (NWHIC); 2.4% adults (USSG)
Prevalance Rate: approx 1 in 82 or 1.21% or 3.3 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Obsessive-compulsive disorder: 2.3% adults annualy (NIMH)
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 43 or 2.30% or 6.3 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
6,255,999 per year,
521,333 per month,
120,307 per week,
17,139 per day,
714 per hour,
11 per minute,
0 per second.
Note: this extrapolation calculation uses the incidence statistic: 2.3% adults annualy (NIMH)
Prevalance of Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
OCD afflicts about 3.3 million adult Americans. (Source: excerpt from Anxiety Disorders: NIMH)
Incidence of Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
About 2.3% of the U.S. population ages 18 to 54 - approximately 3.3
million Americans - has OCD in a given year.
(Source: excerpt from Facts about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: NIMH)
Prevelance statistics about Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
The following statistics relate to the prevalence of Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Society statistics for Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Costs for Obsessive-compulsive disorder: $8.4 billion in 1990 in social and economic losses in the USA (NIMH)
Costs for Obsessive-compulsive disorder: OCD cost the U.S. $8.4 billion in 1990 in social and economic
losses, nearly 6% of the total mental health bill of $148 billion.
(Source: excerpt from Facts about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: NIMH)
Hospitalization statistics for Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
The following are statistics from various sources
about hospitalizations and Obsessive-compulsive disorder:
- 0.006% (716) of hospital consultant episodes were for obsessive-compulsive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 96% of hospital consultant episodes for obsessive-compulsive disorder required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 54% of hospital consultant episodes for obsessive-compulsive disorder were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 46% of hospital consultant episodes for obsessive-compulsive disorder were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 61% of hospital consultant episodes for obsessive-compulsive disorder required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 50.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for obsessive-compulsive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 21 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for obsessive-compulsive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 39 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for obsessive-compulsive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 83% of hospital consultant episodes for obsessive-compulsive disorder occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3% of hospital consultant episodes for obsessive-compulsive disorder occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3% of hospital consultant episodes for obsessive-compulsive disorder were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 0.05% (28,050) of hospital bed days were for obsessive-compulsive disorder in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
About statistics:
This page presents a variety of statistics about Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The term 'prevalence' of Obsessive-compulsive disorder usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Obsessive-compulsive disorder at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Obsessive-compulsive disorder refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Obsessive-compulsive disorder 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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