Interesting Facts
- About 3.7 percent of the U.S. population ages 18 to 54—approximately 5.3 million Americans—has social phobia in any given year.
- Social phobia occurs in women twice as often as in men, although a higher proportion of men seeks help for this disorder.
- The disorder typically begins in childhood or early adolescence and rarely develops after age 25.
- Social anxiety disorder is the most common anxiety disorder