Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) men and (b) women were diagnosed with anorexia in each of the last five years.

The numbers of Finished Admission Episodes (FAEs) with a primary diagnosis of anorexia by gender for each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15 are in the table.

Note:

An FAE is the first period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year or month in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.