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How many people are dying from an eating disorder every year?


This is for a school project, and I can't find a site that will tell me how many people die from an eating disorder every year. If anyone knows the answer to this, then post it here. Even if it's only for anorexia or bulimia, or if it's only a stat. for the USA, then post it here. I would like a stat. for Canada more though.

Don't have exact numbers, but this may help...check out the website for a lot more stats

For females between fifteen to twenty-four years old who suffer from anorexia nervosa, the mortality rate associated with the illness is twelve times higher than the death rate of ALL other causes of death (Sullivan, 1995).
Please note, the heightened mortality rate applies only to those with anorexia and does not mean that anorexia is the leading cause of death among all females aged 15-24 in the general public.
Anorexia nervosa has the highest premature fatality rate of any mental illness (Sullivan, 1995). Source(s): http://www.edap.org/p.asp?webpage_id=286...
One in ten people who suffer from an eating disorder will die between the ages of 14 - 25.
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