3.2% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 1.9 million) have diagnosed depression.
7.1% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 4.4 million) have diagnosed anxiety
Having another disorder is common in children with depression: about 3 in 4 children aged 3-17 years with depression also have anxiety (73.8%) and almost 1 in 2 have behavior problems (47.2%)
Nearly 8 in 10 children (78.1%) aged 3-17 years with depression received treatment6 in 10 children (59.3%) aged 3-17 years with anxiety received treatment
Diagnoses of depression and anxiety only become more common with increased age