You asked
I would like to know the number of deaths in the UK associated with disordered eating (anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder).
We said
Thank you for your enquiry.
We are responsible for publishing mortality statistics for deaths registered in England and Wales, using the information supplied on the death certificate. The most recent year for which mortality statistics are available is 2017.
Cause of death is coded using Version 10 of the International classification of diseases (ICD-10). Deaths with an underlying cause of eating disorder would be assigned the ICD-10 code F50 https://icd.who.int/browse10/2014/en#/F50. This includes the following conditions:
- Anorexia Nervosa - F50.0
- Atypical Anorexia Nervosa - F50.1
- Bulimia Nervosa - F50.2
- Atypical Bulimia Nervosa - F50.3
- Overeating associated with other psychological disturbances - F50.4
- Vomiting associated with other psychological disturbances - F50.5
- Other eating disorders - F50.8
- Eating disorder, unspecified - F50.9
The information you require is available through the NOMIS, our explorable dataset: https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=73
This explorable dataset provides mortality statistics for England and Wales, broken down by calendar year of registration, age, sex, underlying cause of death and area of usual residence of the deceased.
Alternatively, if you meet the ONS Researcher Accreditation criteria you may access this data from the Secure Research Service (SRS). For further information please follow the link below to the ONS website: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/what-can-i-request/virtual-microdata-laboratory--vml-/index.html
To obtain access to the data please contact the SRS team. Their contact details are email: research.support@ons.gov.uk and telephone: 01329 447871.
Other special extracts and tabulations of deaths/births data for England and Wales are available (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate). You can contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk
Data for Scotland is available from National Records of Scotland; https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths
Data for Northern Ireland from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages/deaths