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19% of People Have Mild Mental Health Problems
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says women are more likely to suffer mild mental illness, and people between ages 50-54 are more likely.
The ONS figures from their Measuring National Wellbeing programme, surveyed 40,000 households between 2010 and 2011, and showed that 19% of people aged 16 or over have anxiety or depression, with 21% of women reporting the symptoms and 16% of men.
19th of June 2013