Depressive disorders prevalence, by age
ourworldindata.org
Estimated share of people who have depressive disorders, whether or not they are diagnosed, based on representative surveys, medical data and statistical modelling.

Different countries have different distributions, click “change”. Canada, Australia, New Zealand have similar to the US. France, Germany, UK peak 40-44.

  • kakesEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    What do you mean? You’re beating the US in all but a few age brackets.

    • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Because on everyone else’s chart it gets better with age, in Germany it looks like you’re just fucked for life.

      • kakesEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Only because it scales relative to the maximum value, it looks worse at a glance when it’s actually notably better.

        • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          The maximum value is the population, as a percent of society it doesn’t get better.