Stress Statistics

The following stress statistics will likely amaze you about the extent of stress in modern day societies and communities. Stress virtually touches every area of our lives. It impacts different people differently making it one of the hardest phenomenon in our time to conclusively define. No wonder stress hives are a significant occurrence in our societies today.

1. 7.8% of men and 12.3% of women between 18 and 24 years have frequent mental distress.
2. Studies have shown a strong correlation between stress medicines and unemployment. High blood pressure and antidepressants drugs use had a 92% and 85% respectively correlation with U.S.unemployement.
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4. As many as 65% of Americans are loosing sleep as a result of stress. Sleep is an essential remedy in dealing with and managing stress altogether.
5. The American Heart Association (AHA) has noted that as many as 20% (61 million) of Americans are concerned about how stress will impact their health. Ironically 36% of these 61 million confess to handling stress by overeating or drinking.
6. Stress statistics show that cognitive therapy reduces the risk of both fatal and non-fatal heart events by some 41%. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a concept in which signs of stress among other things are monitored and dealt with early.
7. Children born to mothers who suffered high life stress during pregnancy have a high risk of mental disorders within the first 2.5 years of life compared to mothers who had low life stress.
8. According to a study in Denmark involving 5000 men over a period of 30 years between 1970 and 2001, work stress is responsible for 10% of strokes.
9. In the United Kingdom according to the Health and Safety Executive there we 400 000 recorded cases of work stress in 2010/2011.
10. Family Lives a UK based support organization noted alarming numbers of stressed out families and reported that between October and December 2010 as many as 9600 calls were received 82% of them (7900) were stress related.

College Statistics On Stress

1. A study involving 2200 college students revealed that 85% of college students feel stressed daily.
2. Despite being stressed over the entire period they have been at college, 70% of students did not consider to speak to a counselor
3. 60% of college students have at one point or another been extremely stressed so much as to fail to do any work.
4. 49% of female college students reported having been hopeless during the previous 12 months. This figure was 29% for male students.
5. According to New York Times, over a period of 8 years between the years 1998 and 2006 sleeping medications prescriptions tripled among female college students.
6. Male students had a 59.1% more chance to report personal emotional heath than female students who stood at 54.9%.
7. As many as 30% of all college students who are new feel overwhelmed much of the time. 38% of women in college are overwhelmed frequently.
8. 10% of college students have been diagnosed with depression. 1 in 10 students have suicidal thoughts at college or university.

Financial Stress Statistics

1. As much as $14.81 billion is lost each year in Australia due to stress related absenteeism and presenteeism. On average 3.2 working days are lost per employee due to stress.
2. Depression and anxiety in responsible for as much as 13 billion pounds in benefits each year in the UK according to a research by Kings College.
3. A survey involving 400 residents living in Sydney Australia soon after an August 2006 rise in mortgage rates revealed that 1 in 3 households were anxious about their ability to meet expenses in the coming year.
4. According to the American Psychological Association (APA) 80% of Americans believe that the economy has a major role to play in stress levels.
   

References

• College Health Survey
• CDC
• Bloomberg Rankings
• Better Sleep Council
• American Heart Association
• New York Times
• MedIndia