Australia: share of population with an affective disorder by disorder and sex 2021

In the 2021 financial year, depressive episodes were the most common affective disorders to be experienced by males and females living in Australia. Overall, females were more likely to suffer an affective disorder than males.

Share of population with a 12-month affective disorder in Australia in financial year 2021, by disorder type and sex

Characteristic	Males	Females
Depressive Episode	3.8%	5.3%
Dysthymia*	1.1%	2.1%
Bipolar Affective Disorder	1.9%	2.4%

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

December 5, 2020 to July 31, 2021

Number of respondents

5,554 households

Age group

16-85 years

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

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.

*A disorder characterised by at least two years of constant (or constantly recurring) chronic depressed mood, where intervening periods of normal mood rarely

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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