Current prevalence of obsessive-compulsive disorder in adults, pooled worldwide

1.1%

people per 10,000, worldwide (34 community studies of adults)

“The overall aggregate current, period, and lifetime OCD prevalence estimates were 1.1%, 0.8%, and 1.3%, respectively.”

Fawcett, Power and Fawcett, Women Are at Greater Risk of OCD Than Men: A Meta-Analytic Review of OCD Prevalence Worldwide, J Clin Psychiatry 2020, 2020-06

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Peer-reviewed study

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What to know

Meta-analysis of interview-diagnosed OCD in adults 18 and over (search to January 2017). Lifetime prevalence in the same paper is 1.3%. GBD does not model OCD separately, so no worldwide count exists.

Arithmetic

1.1% = 110 per 10,000.

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