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Teen Depression and Anxiety

A separate mental-health signal that deserves careful, non-panicked attention.

Reported teen depression and anxiety

Historical reconstruction and modern survey anchors for teen mental-health indicators.

DepressionAnxiety
0%5%10%15%20%25% 190019251950197520002024 Year Reported prevalence Depression: Year 2024, Reported prevalence 20%Anxiety: Year 2024, Reported prevalence 24% Depression: Year 1900, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1905, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1910, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1915, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1920, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1925, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1930, Reported prevalence 5%Depression: Year 1935, Reported prevalence 5%Depression: Year 1940, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1945, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1950, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1955, Reported prevalence 4%Depression: Year 1960, Reported prevalence 5%Depression: Year 1965, Reported prevalence 5%Depression: Year 1970, Reported prevalence 5%Depression: Year 1975, Reported prevalence 6%Depression: Year 1980, Reported prevalence 6%Depression: Year 1985, Reported prevalence 6%Depression: Year 1990, Reported prevalence 6%Depression: Year 1995, Reported prevalence 6%Depression: Year 2000, Reported prevalence 6%Depression: Year 2005, Reported prevalence 7%Depression: Year 2010, Reported prevalence 8%Depression: Year 2012, Reported prevalence 10%Depression: Year 2014, Reported prevalence 11%Depression: Year 2016, Reported prevalence 13%Depression: Year 2018, Reported prevalence 15%Depression: Year 2020, Reported prevalence 17%Depression: Year 2022, Reported prevalence 19%Depression: Year 2024, Reported prevalence 20%Anxiety: Year 1900, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1905, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1910, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1915, Reported prevalence 6%Anxiety: Year 1920, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1925, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1930, Reported prevalence 6%Anxiety: Year 1935, Reported prevalence 6%Anxiety: Year 1940, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1945, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1950, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1955, Reported prevalence 5%Anxiety: Year 1960, Reported prevalence 6%Anxiety: Year 1965, Reported prevalence 6%Anxiety: Year 1970, Reported prevalence 6%Anxiety: Year 1975, Reported prevalence 7%Anxiety: Year 1980, Reported prevalence 7%Anxiety: Year 1985, Reported prevalence 7%Anxiety: Year 1990, Reported prevalence 8%Anxiety: Year 1995, Reported prevalence 8%Anxiety: Year 2000, Reported prevalence 9%Anxiety: Year 2005, Reported prevalence 9%Anxiety: Year 2010, Reported prevalence 10%Anxiety: Year 2012, Reported prevalence 12%Anxiety: Year 2014, Reported prevalence 14%Anxiety: Year 2016, Reported prevalence 16%Anxiety: Year 2018, Reported prevalence 18%Anxiety: Year 2020, Reported prevalence 21%Anxiety: Year 2022, Reported prevalence 23%Anxiety: Year 2024, Reported prevalence 24%
Data: teen-mental-health.csv teen-mental-health.xlsx

Description

This module separates adolescent depression and anxiety from the broader childhood-formation model.

Methodology

The series combines historical reconstruction with modern survey anchors for depression and anxiety prevalence.

Data

All chart files for this module are local to this research folder.

Sources

Limitations

Correlation is not causation. Family, school, sleep, trauma, economic pressure, and broader culture all matter.