Facts

• Urban living is on the rise whereas rural living is becoming the exception – in all parts of the world and at an ever-increasing rate. The rapid pace of urbanisation is an important marker of the societal transition at large that has occurred over the past 30 years.

• ”Previous findings have shown that the risk for anxiety disorders is 21 percent higher for people from the city, who also have a 39 percent increase for mood disorders,” says co-author Jens Pruessner, a Douglas researcher.  

https://lsecities.net/media/objects/articles/urban-stress-and-mental-health/en-gb/

• Many studies have indicated that urban dwellers have more than a 20 percent increased risk for anxiety disorders and an increased risk for mood disorders of almost twice that compared to rural citizens. There have also been a significant increase in schizophrenia evident among people born and raised in metropolitan areas.

https://www.anxiety.org/city-dwellers-have-higher-stress-levels

• 80% of workers feel stress on the job, nearly half say they need help in learning how to manage
stress and 42% say their coworkers need such help.

http://www.stress.org/workplace-stress/

• 62% routinely find that they end the day with work-related neck pain, 44% reported stressed-out eyes, 38% complained of hurting hands and 34% reported difficulty in sleeping because they were too stressed-out.

http://www.stress.org/workplace-stress/