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Table 2 Prevalence of anorexia nervosa (AN) in adolescents from 7 prefectures in Japan

From: Epidemiology of anorexia nervosa in Japanese adolescents

Prefecture year of survey

Sex

Data

Elementary school grade

Junior high school year

Senior high school year

3th

4th

5th

6th

1st

2nd

3rd

1st

2nd

3rd

Tokyo 2010

Girls

Total

  

48652

48886

51178

51657

50766

53332

50046

48390

Subjects

  

2893

2900

2256

2285

2259

22205

22329

21550

% Total

  

5.9

5.9

4.4

4.4

4.4

41.6

44.6

44.5

No. with AN

  

2

3

2

4

9

47

60

56

Prevalence of AN

  

0.07

0.10

0.09

0.18

0.40

0.21

0.27

0.26

Boys

Total

  

51049

51230

51833

52367

51446

51091

47990

46466

Subjects

  

2893

2834

2166

2149

2092

15228

15140

13828

% Total

  

5.7

5.5

4.2

4.1

4.1

29.8

31.5

29.8

No. with AN

  

0

1

0

1

1

2

1

2

Prevalence of AN

  

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.05

0.05

0.01

0.01

0.01

Kumamoto 2011

Girls

Total

  

8432

8490

8498

8603

8804

8379

8390

8062

Subjects

  

4860

4997

5113

5116

5150

5206

5131

5044

% Total

  

57.6

58.9

60.2

59.5

58.5

62.1

61.2

62.6

No. with AN

  

0

1

2

5

10

9

12

18

Prevalence of AN

  

0.00

0.02

0.04

0.10

0.19

0.17

0.23

0.36

Boys

Total

  

9052

8880

9134

9123

9394

8823

8727

8280

Subjects

  

5027

5207

5277

5490

5451

6116

5784

5643

% Total

  

55.5

58.6

57.8

60.2

58.0

69.3

66.3

68.1

No. with AN

  

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

2

Prevalence of AN

  

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.03

0.04

0.04

Nagano Seniors 2011 others 2012

Girls

Total

  

10074

10236

10298

10304

10346

10056

10211

9274

Subjects

  

8746

8629

9120

9165

9195

2589

2644

2396

% Total

  

87.0

84.3

88.6

88.9

88.9

25.7

25.9

25.8

No. with AN

  

6

9

11

14

22

4

7

4

Prevalence of AN

  

0.07

0.10

0.12

0.15

0.24

0.15

0.27

0.17

Boys

Total

  

10659

10875

10926

10858

10939

10255

10436

9678

Subjects

  

9222

9166

9631

9658

9600

2239

2405

2279

% Total

  

86.5

84.3

88.1

88.9

87.8

21.8

23.0

23.5

No. with AN

  

2

2

0

2

2

0

0

0

Prevalence of AN

  

0.02

0.02

0.00

0.02

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.00

Hiroshima 2013

Girls

Total

 

12740

12728

13155

12953

13050

13277

12655

12360

11870

Subjects

 

4454

4383

4426

4122

4213

4736

2849

2808

2798

% Total

 

35.0

34.4

33.6

31.8

32.3

35.7

22.5

22.7

23.6

No. with AN

 

4

3

6

7

9

16

16

12

12

Prevalence of AN

 

0.09

0.07

0.14

0.17

0.21

0.34

0.56

0.43

0.43

Boys

Total

 

13323

13438

13785

13699

13693

14025

12824

12436

11838

Subjects

 

4561

4646

4426

4411

4641

4399

2290

2242

2202

% Total

 

34.2

34.6

32.1

32.2

33.9

31.4

17.9

18.0

18.6

No. with AN

 

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

1

0

Prevalence of AN

 

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.00

0.02

0.02

0.00

0.05

0.00

Miyazaki Seniors 2013 others 2012

Girls

Total

 

5201

5333

5445

5321

5378

5700

5433

5283

5197

Subjects

 

1008

1074

1082

333

337

336

4187

4173

4270

% Total

 

19.4

20.1

19.9

6.3

6.3

5.9

77.1

79.0

82.2

No. with AN

 

0

0

0

0

0

1

2

7

4

Prevalence of AN

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.30

0.05

0.17

0.09

Boys

Total

 

5399

5655

5594

5568

5882

5873

5600

5540

5327

Subjects

 

1024

1141

1066

341

378

343

4488

4410

4250

% Total

 

19.0

20.2

19.1

6.1

6.4

5.8

80.1

79.6

79.8

No. with AN

 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Prevalence of AN

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.00

Yamaguchi 2013

Girls

Total

5751

5943

6154

6346

6198

6228

6354

5863

5820

5594

Subjects

3215

3237

3433

3615

3567

3578

3676

3930

3897

3714

% Total

55.9

54.5

55.8

57.0

57.6

57.5

57.9

67.0

67.0

66.4

No. with AN

0

1

3

2

5

1

7

5

11

10

Prevalence of AN

0.00

0.03

0.09

0.06

0.14

0.03

0.19

0.13

0.28

0.26

Boys

Total

6126

6187

6266

6665

6370

6606

6621

5947

5773

5596

Subjects

3367

3440

3468

3718

3645

3786

3740

3990

3866

3734

% Total

55.0

55.6

55.3

55.8

57.2

57.3

56.5

67.1

67.0

66.7

No. with AN

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

2

3

1

Prevalence of AN

0.00

0.03

0.00

0.00

0.03

0.03

0.00

0.05

0.08

0.03

Hokkaido 2013

Girls

Total

    

22345

22500

23247

22055

21579

21424

Subjects

    

8924

9007

9211

10170

9667

9582

% Total

    

39.9

40.0

39.6

46.1

44.8

44.7

No. with AN

    

7

8

16

6

18

18

Prevalence of AN

    

0.08

0.09

0.17

0.06

0.19

0.19

Boys

Total

    

23096

23443

24326

21130

22154

21256

Subjects

    

9107

9217

9608

9569

9592

9230

% Total

    

39.4

39.3

39.5

45.3

43.3

43.4

No. with AN

    

1

2

4

1

1

2

Prevalence of AN

    

0.01

0.02

0.04

0.01

0.01

0.02

  1. Total: a number of all children or students in a prefecture according to the School Basic Survey by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  2. Subjects: a number of subjects in the present study