How many people have Anorexia?
A study by Rastam, Gillberg and Garton in Sweden in 1989 used a two stage interview process with schoolgirls, and found a prevalence rate for anorexia nervosa of 0.7% in girls up to the age of 16 years. “This is a little lower than earlier rates, but arguably the most accurate estimation in a western population to date.” (Szmukler and Patton, 1995; p 179). The Australian Longitudinal Women’s Health Study (1997) found the same rate of anorexia n. in 15,000 women aged 18 to 22 years. Lifetime prevalence rates for anorexia n. has been found at 0.
