Table 1.
Prevalence of Eating Disorders in Western Countries
| Country Studied (Year) |
Sample | Prevalence of Anorexia |
Prevalence of Bulimia |
Author (Year of Publication) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | The residents of Rochester by the Mayo Clinic and the Olmsted Medical group |
(Incidence) | #x000A0; | Lucas et al (1999)[15] |
| (1935-1949) | Medical group | #x000A0; | ||
| 15-19 male | 0.000082 | |||
| 15-19 female | 0.000492 | |||
| 20-24 male | 0.000077 | |||
| (1950-1959) | 20-24 female | 0.000111 | ||
| 15-19 male | 0 | |||
| 15-19 female | 0.000306 | |||
| 20-24 male | 0 | |||
| (1960-1969) | 20-24 female | 0.00031 | ||
| 15-19 male | 0 | |||
| 15-19 female | 0.000679 | |||
| 20-24 male | 0.000086 | |||
| (1970-1979) | 20-24 female | 0.000427 | ||
| 15-19 male | 0.000095 | |||
| 15-19 female | 0.000658 | |||
| 20-24 male | 0 | |||
| (1980-1989) | 20-24 female | 0.000288 | ||
| 15-19 male | 0.000091 | |||
| 15-19 female | 0.001357 | |||
| 20-24 male | 0.000042 | |||
| 20-24 female | 0.000324 | |||
| USA (1982) | 276 men | #x000A0; | 1.1% | Heatherton et al (1995)[20] |
| 625 women | #x000A0; | 7.2% | ||
| Hungary (1989) | University students - number not given |
#x000A0; | #x000A0; | Rathner et al (2001)[23] |
| Male | 0% to 0.8% | |||
| Female | 1% to 1.3% | |||
| USA (1990) | 1152 students | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | Pemberton et al (1996)[21] |
| Male | 0.2% | |||
| Female | 1.3% | |||
| Germany (1990) | 4285 adults | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | Westenhoefer (2001)[24] |
| Male | 2.1% | |||
| Female | 2.4% | |||
| UK (1992) | 519,900 adults (15-19 yrs) | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | Rooney et al (1995)[18] |
| Total | 0.02% | |||
| Female | 0.1% | |||
| USA (1992) | 235 men | #x000A0; | 0.4% | Heatherton et al (1995)[20] |
| 564 women | #x000A0; | 5.1% | ||
| Italy (1993) | 517 female (11-20 yrs) | 1.3% | #x000A0; | Rathner (1993)[17] |
| Hungary (1994) | 538 medical student | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | Tury et al (1994)[19] |
| 248 male | 0% | |||
| 290 female | 0.3% | |||
| France (1995) | 447 women | #x000A0; | 0.7% | Basdevant et al (1995)[61] |
| Norway (1995) | 517 girls (15-20 yrs) | 2.6% | 0.87% | Gotestam (1995)[16] |
| 19067 psychiatric outpatients | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | ||
| Male | 0.8% | 0.7% | ||
| Female | 5.7% | 7.3% | ||
| Canada (1995) | 8116 adults | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | Garfinkel et al (1995)[62] |
| Male | 0.1% | |||
| Female | 1.1% | |||
| Germany (1997) | 4285 adults | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | Westenhoefer (2001)[24] |
| Male | 1.1% | |||
| Female | 1.6% | |||
| Australia (1998) | 4200 students(15 yrs) | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | Hay et al (1998)[63] |
| Male and female | 0.3% | |||
| Austria (1998) | 1000 adult females | #x000A0; | 1.3% | Kinzl et al (1999)[64] |