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The epidemiology of anorexia nervosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

R. E. Kendell ,
D. J. Hall ,
Anthea Hailey  and
H. M. Babigian
R. E. Kendell
Affiliation:
From the Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen;
D. J. Hall
Affiliation:
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, U.S.A.;
Anthea Hailey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
H. M. Babigian
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Unit, the Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Synopsis

All patients with anorexia nervosa were extracted from three psychiatric case registers— North-East Scotland, Camberwell, and Monroe County. The average incidence varied from 0·37 per 100,000 population per year in Monroe County to 1·6 per 100,000 in North-East Scotland, in all three areas the number of cases reported per year was increasing, and in Camberwell, but not in Monroe County or North-East Scotland, there was a significant excess of patients from middle-class backgrounds.

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Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , May 1973 , pp. 200 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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