Anxiety disorders

Description

specific phobia: An anxiety disorder characterized by an intense, irrational fear cued by the presence or anticipation of a specific object or situation. Exposure to the phobic stimulus immediately provokes an anxiety response. In adults, the specific phobia is recognized as excessive or unreasonable.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode KRA_PSY_ANXIETY
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-9: 309/3078A, ICD-8: 300[0-2]|30030|300[5-9]|305|30680|30799
Cause of Death registry ICD-9: 309/3078A, ICD-8: 300[0-2]|30030|300[5-9]|305|30680|30799
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 599
GWAS catalog 1001918
MESH C562465
SNOMED CT 54587008

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 11600 7565 4035
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 8.75 10.07 7.03
Mean age at first event (years) 39.18 39.99 37.65
Median number of events / individual 2 2 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 39.47 42.01 34.72
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 2.14 1.9 2.58

Associations