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Over one person's lifetime, at least 50,000 individuals
will die as a direct result of their eating disorder. Without treatment, up to twenty percent (20%) of people with serious
eating disorders die. With treatment, that number falls to two to three percent (2-3%).
General Eating Disorder Statistics:
Eating Disorders affect a large number of people
in the United States. The statistics state that:
- Approximately 7 million girls and women struggle
with eating disorders
- Approximately 1 million boys and men struggle with
eating disorders
Amount of
people affected by specific eating disorders:
- 0.5% - 3.7% of females suffer from Anorexia Nervosa
in their lifetime
- 1.1% - 4.2% of females suffer from Bulimia Nervosa
in their lifetime
- 2% - 5% of the American population experience Binge
Eating Disorder
- 10%-25% of all those battling anorexia will die
as a direct result of the eating disorder
- Up to 19% of college aged women in America are bulimic
Age Eating Disorder Statistics
- 10% report onset at 10 years or younger
- 33% report onset between ages of 11-15
- 43% report onset between ages of 16-20
- 86% report onset of illness by the age of 20
College Eating Disorder Statistics:
- As many as 10% of college women suffer from a clinical
or nearly clinical eating disorder, including 5.1% who suffer from bulimia nervosa
- Studies indicate that by their first year of college,
4.5 to 18% of women and 0.4% of men have a history of bulimia and that as many as 1% of females between the ages of 12 and
18 have anorexia
With treatment,
about sixty percent (60%) of people with eating disorders recover. In spite of treatment, about twenty percent (20%) of people
with eating disorders make only partial recoveries. The remaining twenty percent (20%) do not improve, even with treatment.
Those are pretty scarey huh?
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