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discovered that the lifetime or present diagnosis of an anxiety condition was more common in girls
than in boys. Girls tend to be more susceptible to extreme worry during their early life. Girls are
twice as likely as males to have an anxiety condition by the age of six. Adult samples have similar
evidence of gender disparities. The majority of anxiety disorders are more common in women than
findings frequently mirror those of community-based samples. For instance, a significant World
Health Organization research in 15 nations showed that women were consistently more likely than