• Depression Stats

  Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009 (message contributor)

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  Scripture:  Psalms 88:15

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DEPRESSION STATS

The state of depression is a very real and common affliction among people of all ages, race and culture.

In January of 2005, Bob Murray, PhD and Alicia Fortinberry, MS complied some staggering statistics on depression:

- Depressive disorders affect approximately 18.8 million American adults or about 9.5% of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year.

- Everyone, will at some time in their life be affected by depression — their own or someone else’s, according to Australian Government statistics.

- 30% of women are depressed. Men’s figures were previously thought to be half that of women, but new estimates are higher.

- The rate of increase of depression among children is an astounding 23%

- 54% of people believe depression is a personal weakness.

- 80% of depressed people are not currently having any treatment.

- 15% of depressed people will commit suicide.

(upliftprogram.com/depression_stats.html)