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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Jul 3;61(3):348–358. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.040

Table 1.

Lifetime and 12-month prevalence estimates of DSM-IV eating disorders and related behavior

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.

1

None of the respondents met criteria for 12-month Anorexia Nervosa.