Eating disorders
Description
bulimia nervosa: Recurrent episodes of over-eating.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | F5_EATING |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: F50 |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: F50 |
| Include | F5_ANOREX, F5_BULIMIA, F5_EATOTH |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | C |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 1007 | 808 | 199 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.76 | 1.08 | 0.35 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 26.91 | 26.07 | 30.33 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 45.48 | 53.59 | 12.56 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 1.39 | 0.62 | 4.52 |