Nearly one in two females aged 16-24 living in Australia had a 12-month mental health disorder in the 2021 financial year. Almost one third of young males aged 16-24 suffered a mental health disorder that year. Across all age groups, females were more likely than males to have a 12-month mental health disorder.
Share of population with a 12-month mental disorder in Australia in financial year 2021, by age and sex
*12 month mental disorder refers to people who had experienced a mental disorder at some time in their life and had sufficient symptoms of that disorder in the 12 months prior to the survey.
**A person may have had more than one mental disorder.
Study included all usual residents in Australia living in private dwellings in both urban and rural areas in all states and territories, except very remote parts of Australia and discrete Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
The exclusion of residents in special dwellings (e.g., hotels, boarding houses, and institutions) and homeless people means the results are likely to underestimate the prevalence of mental health disorders in the Australian population.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (July 22, 2022). Share of population with a 12-month mental disorder in Australia in financial year 2021, by age and sex [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1321970/australia-share-of-population-with-a-mental-disorder-by-age-and-sex/
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