Evidence from health care records: anxiety-related disorders registered more in recent years (Danish registry incidence rates)

Findings from this recent population-based Danish cohort study including 5,936,202 individuals aged 1–80 years living in Denmark between 2004 and 2021, showed growing incidence rates of anxiety-related disorders across birth cohorts among both sexes: the incidence rates of anxiety-related disorders per 10,000 person-years observed in the calendar years 2019–2021 were approximately twice those of the incidence rates observed for both sexes in the calendar year 2004–2006.¹

This increase was most pronounced among children and young adults, while the incidence rates of anxiety-related disorders remained relatively stable among older age groups.¹ The 1-year prevalence of anxiety disorders is highest in people aged between 18–25 years.² Anxiety disorders are 1.3–2.4 times more prevalent in women than in men, which is accentuated during development and evident after adolescence.²