treatment for anorexia has got very much better. It used to kill about 20% of people with the diagnosis. More people get full recovery than used to, and more people live long term (either maintaining low weight, or relapsing & remitting) with anorexia.
But, also, deaths from anorexia are often coded as something else.
> (See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11513012 )
treatment for anorexia has got very much better. It used to kill about 20% of people with the diagnosis. More people get full recovery than used to, and more people live long term (either maintaining low weight, or relapsing & remitting) with anorexia.
But, also, deaths from anorexia are often coded as something else.
EG https://twitter.com/MaskedAMHP/status/910465836170846208
https://twitter.com/AgnesAyton/status/913722609610760192
etc.
http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB21748