Editing Agoraphobia (section)

== Epidemiology ==
Agoraphobia occurs about twice as commonly among women as it does in men. It can develop at any age but is much more common in adolescence and early adulthood and occurs more often in people of above average intelligence.<ref name="Magee-1996">{{cite journal |vauthors=Magee WJ, Eaton WW, Wittchen HU, McGonagle KA, Kessler RC | title = Agoraphobia, simple phobia, and social phobia in the National Comorbidity Survey. | journal = Arch Gen Psychiatry | volume = 53 | issue = 2 | pages = 159–68 | date = Feb 1996 | pmid = 8629891 | doi = 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830020077009 }}</ref>

Panic disorder with or without agoraphobia affects roughly 5.1% of Americans,<ref name=":0" /> and about 1/3 of this population with panic disorder have co-morbid agoraphobia. It is uncommon to have agoraphobia without panic attacks, with only 0.17% of people with agoraphobia not presenting panic disorders as well.<ref name=":0" />