Statistics Depression in Some Countries

Depression affects 121 million people worldwide. Depression can affect one's ability to work, neighbor relationships, and destroy their quality of life. In the most severe depression can lead to suicide and there have been 850,000 deaths each year. New research published in BioMed Central's open access of Medicine, the journal BMC Medicine, compared the social conditions with depression in 18 countries around the world. 

 

Based on the interviews on 89,000 people, the results showed that 15 % of the population of high-income countries (compared with 11 % for low-income countries/ medium was depressed during his lifetime. This increase compared to last year, namely 5.5%.  

Major Depressive Episode ( MDE ) is increased in high-income countries of 28% from 20 %. Very high-income countries more than 30 %, such as France, Holland, and America. Country with the lowest incidence is China, which is 12 %, but far different in India that nearly 36 %.  

Professor Evelyn Bromet of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, quoted by Science Daily ( 7/25/11 ), saying, "This is the first study to use standardized methods to compare depression and MDE across countries and cultures. We have shown that depression is a significant public health problem throughout the region. World and is strongly associated with social conditions. Understanding the patterns and causes of depression can help stakeholders in reducing the impact of depression on the lives of individuals and in reducing the burden to society. "