Table 1.
Male | Female | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | (se) | % | (se) | % | (se) | |
I. Lifetime prevalence | ||||||
Anorexia Nervosa | 0.3* | (0.1) | 0.9* | (0.3) | 0.6 | (0.2) |
Bulimia Nervosa | 0.5* | (0.3) | 1.5* | (0.3) | 1.0 | (0.2) |
Binge-eating Disorder | 2.0* | (0.5) | 3.5* | (0.5) | 2.8 | (0.4) |
Subthreshold Binge-eating | 1.9* | (0.5) | 0.6* | (0.1) | 1.2 | (0.2) |
Any binge-eating behavior | 4.0 | (0.7) | 4.9 | (0.6) | 4.5 | (0.4) |
II. Twelve-month prevalence | ||||||
Bulimia Nervosa | 0.1* | (0.1) | 0.5* | (0.2) | 0.3 | (0.1) |
Binge-eating Disorder | 0.8* | (0.3) | 1.6* | (0.2) | 1.2 | (0.2) |
Subthreshold binge-eating | 0.8 | (0.3) | 0.4 | (0.1) | 0.6 | (0.2) |
Any binge-eating behavior | 1.7 | (0.4) | 2.5 | (0.3) | 2.1 | (0.2) |
(n) | (1220) | (1760) | 2980 |
Significant sex difference based on a .05 level, two-sided test.
None of the respondents met criteria for 12-month Anorexia Nervosa.