在DSM-5中,女性患者的神经性暴食症的终身患病率(20岁以前)是2.6%。[7]Stice E, Marti CN, Rohde P. Prevalence, incidence, impairment, and course of the proposed DSM-5 eating disorder diagnoses in an 8-year prospective community study of young women. J Abnorm Psychol. 2013;122:445-457.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3980846/http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23148784?tool=bestpractice.com白人女性比黑人女性的终身患病率更高。[8]Striegel-Moore RH, Dohm FA, Kraemer HC, et al. Eating disorders in white and black women. Am J Psychiatry. 2003;160:1326-1331.http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.160.7.1326http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12832249?tool=bestpractice.com