As of the 2021 financial year in Australia, over 43 percent of the population aged between 16 and 85 years had experienced a mental disorder at some point in their lifetime. Mental disorders are broadly classified by the source into lifetime mental disorders, referring to people who had experienced a mental disorder at some point during their life, and 12-month mental disorders, when people had sufficient symptoms of a disorder in the 12 months prior to the survey.
Share of Australian population who had experienced a lifetime mental disorder as of financial year 2021, by type
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (July 22, 2022). Share of Australian population who had experienced a lifetime mental disorder as of financial year 2021, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392830/australia-share-of-population-who-had-experienced-a-lifetime-mental-disorder-by-type/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of Australian population who had experienced a lifetime mental disorder as of financial year 2021, by type." Chart. July 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392830/australia-share-of-population-who-had-experienced-a-lifetime-mental-disorder-by-type/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Share of Australian population who had experienced a lifetime mental disorder as of financial year 2021, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392830/australia-share-of-population-who-had-experienced-a-lifetime-mental-disorder-by-type/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Share of Australian Population Who Had Experienced a Lifetime Mental Disorder as of Financial Year 2021, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392830/australia-share-of-population-who-had-experienced-a-lifetime-mental-disorder-by-type/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Share of Australian population who had experienced a lifetime mental disorder as of financial year 2021, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392830/australia-share-of-population-who-had-experienced-a-lifetime-mental-disorder-by-type/ (last visited May 25, 2024)
Share of Australian population who had experienced a lifetime mental disorder as of financial year 2021, by type [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, July 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392830/australia-share-of-population-who-had-experienced-a-lifetime-mental-disorder-by-type/