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Anxiety is becoming increasingly common among Australians, affecting 21.1% (2.72 million) of women and 13.3% (1.68 million) of men in 2022. This prevalence has sharply increased from 12% for women and 7.1% for men in 1997.
Young Australians are most affected.
Younger Australians are most affected with the greatest number of cases of reported anxiety, experienced by over 40% of women aged 16-24, and almost 25% among men of the same cohort.
The LGBTQI+ community is even more likely to experience anxiety, with 50.3% of the cohort reporting anxiety.
Magnesium Deficiency
Incomplete and processed diets, alcohol, certain medicines and other health concerns are common factors contributing to Magnesium deficiency in adults.
For Australian women aged 19-30, 37.2% of the cohort experience Magnesium insufficiency. This gradually decreases through to later life.
While over 1/3 young men experience Magnesium Deficiency, this continues to climb throughout life.
Vitamin D deficiency
As Australians increasingly spend more time indoors, Vitamin D deficiency has become increasingly prevalent. Approximately one-fifth of Vitamin D is provided by dietary intake, and the remaining 80% is synthesized from 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin by ultraviolet rays.
Correlated with higher levels of anxiety, Vitamin D deficiency is similarly higher in the younger population.
Charts & statistics: ABS, 2024
