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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Prevalence=== | ===Prevalence=== | ||
Twelve month prevalence of bulimia nervosa is 1,000-1,500 per 100,000 (1%-1.5%) among young females of the overall population.<ref name=DSMV>{{cite book | title = Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5 | publisher = American Psychiatric Association | location = Washington, D.C | year = 2013 | isbn = 0890425558 }}</ref> | |||
The rate for bulimia is much lower than for anorexia.[http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic255.htm#targetP] Death can occur after severe binging, or from [[suicide]].<ref>http://www.eatingdisorderscoalition.org/reports/statistics.html</ref> | |||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
Anorexia nervosa can occur in people of all ages. | |||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
Anorexia nervosa can occur in both genders. A popular assumption is that eating disorders are female diseases, but 2-8% of patients are male.<ref>http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic298.htm</ref> There is a new rise of cases in men. Unfortunately, many men do not get the help they need for fear being thought of as homosexual or having a "Women's disease" | |||
===Race=== | ===Race=== | ||
===Developed Countries=== | ===Developed Countries=== | ||
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Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
Twelve month prevalence of bulimia nervosa is 1,000-1,500 per 100,000 (1%-1.5%) among young females of the overall population.[1]
The rate for bulimia is much lower than for anorexia.[2] Death can occur after severe binging, or from suicide.[2]
Incidence
Age
Anorexia nervosa can occur in people of all ages.
Gender
Anorexia nervosa can occur in both genders. A popular assumption is that eating disorders are female diseases, but 2-8% of patients are male.[3] There is a new rise of cases in men. Unfortunately, many men do not get the help they need for fear being thought of as homosexual or having a "Women's disease"
Race
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
References
- ↑ Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-5. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Association. 2013. ISBN 0890425558.
- ↑ http://www.eatingdisorderscoalition.org/reports/statistics.html
- ↑ http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic298.htm