CHILDREN WHO SUFFER
According to the Canadian Survey on child and youth health 2019 ...
before the pandemic.
Babies and toddlers 1 to 4 years old have perceived mental health fair or poor. If we include all children aged 1 to 17, that number jumps to 266,700 children.
14,000
Children 5 to 17 years old have perceived difficulty falling asleep. This represents 27% of our young people.
1,354,600
Barely children 2 to 4 years have perceived learning difficulties.
13,100
Children 5 to 17 years old have been diagnosed with a mood disorder such as depression, bipolar disorder, mania or dysthymia.
102,900
Children 5 to 17 years old have been diagnosed anxiety such as a phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or panic disorder.
252,400
Children 5 to 17 years old have been diagnosed with difficulty or learning disability.
422,300
Children 5 to 17 years of age who report having a headache once or more every week in the past 6 months.
769,000
Children aged 5 to 17 have have difficulty accepting changes in their routine.
225,900
Children ages 5 to 17 have difficulty controlling their behaviors.
167,200
"The recently published results of an analysis based on participatory data indicate that the perceived mental health of young Canadians has deteriorated during the pandemic; more than half (57 %) of participants aged 15 at 17 years reported that their mental health was a little worse or much worse than before the implementation of the physical distancing measures " ...
Canadian government: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/200723/dq200723a-eng.htm
