Anxiety among mental screenings by ethnicity U.S. 2020 | Statista

All racial/ethnic groups surveyed showed an increase in moderate to severe anxiety from May to July in 2020, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic. This statistic shows the percentage of U.S. respondents who were reported to have anxiety (PHQ-9) after a voluntary mental health screening, from April to August 2020.

Percentage of moderate to severe anxiety among voluntary mental health screenings in the U.S. from April to August 2020, by ethnicity*

Characteristic	Asian or Pacific Islander	Black or African-American (non-Hispanic)	Hispanic or Latino	More than one of the above	White (non-Hispanic)	Native American or American Indian	Other
April 22 to May 5	73.24%	64.62%	70.36%	76.95%	71.45%	83.33%	77.09%
May 6 to 19	72.84%	70.55%	75.37%	77.8%	73.73%	80%	75.33%
May 20 to June 2	76.4%	73.39%	76.61%	80.18%	77.61%	80.34%	78.33%
June 3 to 16	77.59%	75.55%	79.23%	82.35%	80.35%	82.24%	79.01%
June 17 to 30	74.43%	73.94%	75.91%	78.43%	79.67%	79.5%	78.93%
July 1 to 14	78.8%	76.08%	78.71%	84.63%	81.34%	82.2%	82.34%
July 15 to 28	78%	75.38%	78.85%	84.59%	81.84%	83.44%	85.4%
July 29 to August 11	77.3%	74.48%	77.9%	83.31%	81.75%	85.86%	82.47%

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August 2020

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United States

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April 22 to August 11, 2020

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Online survey

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* PHQ-9: self-reported questionnaires for screening and severity measuring of depression.

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