MORTALITY RATES
-Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness
-A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reported that 5 – 10% of anorexics die within 10 years after contracting the disease; 18-20% of anorexics will be dead after 20 years and only 30 – 40% ever fully recover
-The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate of ---ALL causes of death for females 15 – 24 years old.
-20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems

ADOLESCENTS
-Anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents
-95% of those who have eating disorders are between the ages of 12 and 25
-50% of girls between the ages of 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight
-80% of 13-year-olds have attempted to lose weight RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES

thank you, South Carolina Department of Mental Health


-5% of women and girls in USA itself
-70% of sixth grader interviewed said they started being conscious of their weight when they were 11-12 years old
-half the girls and a third of the boys interviewed of age 8-10 yrs old said they were unhappy with their bodies
-in a group of 9-15 year old girls, a little more than half exercises to lose weight, slightly less eats less to lose weight and 1/20 took dieting pills or laxatives to help lose that extra pound.
-1% of female adolescents are suffering from anorexia.That means 1 out of 100 women between the ages of 10-20 years have eating disorders and should be seeing the doctor.
-Bulimia affects 1 to 3 percent of middle and high school girls.

and dont think eating disorders affect girls alone.

-5%-10% of people with anorexia or bulimia are males.

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