Depression Statistics (http://www.upliftprogram.com/depression_stats.html#statistics)

• Depressive disorders affect approximately 18.8 million American adults or about 9.5% of the U.S. population age 18 and older in a given year. This includes major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorder. 
• Everyone, will at some time in their life be affected by depression -- their own or someone else's, according to Australian Government statistics. (Depression statistics in Australia are comparable to those of the US and UK.) 
• Pre-schoolers are the fastest-growing market for antidepressants. At least four percent of preschoolers -- over a million -- are clinically depressed.
  
• The rate of increase of depression among children is an astounding 23% p.a. 
• 15% of the population of most developed countries suffers severe depression. 
• 30% of women are depressed. Men's figures were previously thought to be half that of women, but new estimates are higher. 
• 54% of people believe depression is a personal weakness. 
• 41% of depressed women are too embarrassed to seek help. 
• 80% of depressed people are not currently having any treatment. 
• 92% of depressed African-American males do not seek treatment. 
• 15% of depressed people will commit suicide. 
• Depression will be the second largest killer after heart disease by 2020 -- and studies show depression is a contributory factor to fatal coronary disease.