Rates of anxiety and depression among U.S. adults were about 4 times higher between April 2020 and August 2021 than they were in 2019. Some of the sharpest increases were among males, Asian Americans, young adults, and parents with children in the home, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.
Anxiety
7.4% – 8.6%
Range of average monthly percentages of U.S. adults reporting symptoms of anxiety, January–December 2019 1
28.2% – 37.2%
Range of average submonthly percentages of U.S. adults reporting symptoms of anxiety, April 2020–August 2021 2
Depression
5.9% – 7.5%
Range of average monthly percentages of U.S. adults reporting symptoms of depression, January–December 2019 1
20.2% – 31.1%
Range of average submonthly percentages of U.S. adults reporting symptoms of depression, April 2020–August 2021 2
