Other eating disorders
Description
bulimia nervosa: Recurrent episodes of over-eating.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | F5_EATOTH |
| Hospital Discharge registry | ICD-10: F50 |
| Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-10 | F50[0-3] |
| Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-9 | 3075A |
| Cause of Death registry | ICD-10: F50 |
| Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-10 | F50[0-3] |
| Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-9 | 3075A |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 3 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 419 | 363 | 56 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 0.32 | 0.48 | 0.1 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 29.93 | 28.3 | 40.54 |
| Median number of events / individual | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 49.64 | 52.62 | 30.36 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 2.39 | 0.55 | 14.29 |