The bar chart below shows the most important causes of stress for different age groups in Canada
The bar chart reveals some major reasons causing stress for four different age groups in Canada.
Overall, while 25-to-64 age groups accounted for the highest percentage of people being stressed about overwork, most of people aged 65 and above felt worried for no specific reason.
Looking at the details, 40% people from 25 to 64 years old sufferd from stress because of working too much. Meanwhile, only 4% people aged above 65 were stressed about that. The proportion of financial stress in the 25-to-64 groups was approximately 30%, which was nearly triple that of in the group of people aged over 65.
Health condition was the reason why over one third of people aged over 65 under stress, while that percentage in the other age group was just 14%. In Canada, there was 67% of people aged 65 and above in felt stressed for no particular reason, which was three times higher than the figure in the other age group.