Australia currently ranks fifth in the world for total psychiatry/psychology publications and citations (14), an indicator of high national capacity for quality research.
Australia scored higher for children's physical health (28th), and their academic and life skills (19th). And we were ranked higher than New Zealand (35th) and the United States, which came absolute last on all three measures – mental health, physical wellbeing, and academic and life skills.
Mental health is a key component of overall health and wellbeing (WHO 2021). In any year in Australia, an estimated 1 in 5 people aged 16–85 will experience a mental health disorder (ABS 2022).
In terms of the non-fatal burden of disease, which is a measure of the number of years of 'healthy' life lost due to living with a disability, Mental and substance use disorders were the 2nd largest contributor (24%) of the non-fatal burden of disease in Australia, behind Musculoskeletal conditions (25%) (AIHW 2021).
Australia ranked 12th on the Happiness Index for 2023 with a score of 7.095, retaining its position from 2022 but marking a decline from its 11th spot in 2020.
Australia ranks amongst the highest in the world for quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties and political rights.
Mental health is a key component of overall health and wellbeing (WHO 2021). The National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing conducted in 2021 found that an estimated 1 in 5 (21%) Australians aged 16–85 experienced a mental disorder in the previous 12 months (ABS 2022a).
Interestingly, the number of mental health issues does differ from state to state. For example, Tasmania sees the highest rate of anxiety and depression -- at 21.6% and 18.1% affected respectively, while Queenslanders show the highest stress levels, with 27.5% reporting that they're regularly affected by stress.
20% or 4.8 million Australians had a mental or behavioural condition, an increase from 18% in 2014-15. 13% or 3.2 million Australians had an anxiety-related condition, an increase from 11% in 2014-15. 10% had depression or feelings of depression, an increase from 9% in 2014-15.
Sweden. Sweden has the top positive mental health index which basically gives the mental health status of a given population.
Age group: Young adults ages 18 to 25 in the U.S have the highest rate of experiencing mental health conditions (30.6%), followed by those ages 26 to 49 (25.3%) and adults ages 50 and over (14.5%).
The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated that 2.1 million Australians, or 9.3 per cent of our population, were suffering from some form of depression. On average, around 1 in 6 people – 1 in 5 women and 1 in 8 men – will experience MDD at some point in their lives.
Australia matches or performs better than many other comparable countries on selected measures of health. Compared with 35 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), we have: the fifth highest life expectancy at birth for males and the eighth highest for females.
Australia is the planet's sixth largest country after Russia, Canada, China, the USA, and Brazil. At 7 692 024 km2, it accounts for just five percent of the world's land area of 149 450 000 km2, and although it is the smallest continental land mass, it is the world's largest island.
Australian Government spending on mental health-related services was estimated to be $4 billion in 2020–21.
A national study on Twitter that analysed words associated with emotions found people in the nation's capital were the most anxious, aggressive and sad, particularly when compared with the upbeat West Australians. Canberra's masterpieces ...
New Jersey ranks as the state with the lowest rate of mental illness (18.74% of adults report having any mental illness and just 3.99% of adults report having a serious mental illness).
According to the 2022 adult rankings, the top five states with the lowest mental illness prevalence and highest access to care are New Jersey, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. Immediately following are Minnesota, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Illinois.
Trauma and stress: in adulthood, traumatic life events or ongoing stress such as social isolation, domestic violence, relationship breakdown, financial or work problems can increase the risk of mental illness.
A mental health issue may be considered a disability, but not always. There are many different types of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders and schizophrenia. Everyone has a different lived experience.
Schizophrenia is a complex brain disorder, which affects about one in a 100 or between 150,000 and 200,000 Australians. The illness is characterised by disruptions to thinking and emotions, and a distorted perception of reality.
Coronary heart disease is the single leading cause of death in Australia, despite the coronary heart disease death rate falling by > 80% since 1980. Between 386,200 and 472,000 Australians were living with dementia in 2021. In 2017–18, 67% of Australian adults were overweight or obese, up from 57% in 1995.
Focuses on the health of Australians by documenting progress towards goals and targets for the five priority areas of cardiovascular health, cancer control, injury prevention and control, mental health, and diabetes mellitus.