What is the mortality rate for bulimia?

What is the mortality rate for bulimia?

Barton Blinder, MD (Clinical Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry) gives expert video advice on: How old is the typical bulimia sufferer?; Who is most at risk for bulimia?; What is the mortality rate for bulimia? and more...

For bulimia, the mortality rate is probably in the one or two percent level. Most of the cases where there has been sudden death or a mortality issue, it has occurred at the time of, for instance, binging and vomiting, where that's been occurring with high frequency, having low potassium, or cardiac pressures on the cardiac functions. it is where the death has occurred as a sudden death during exercise. For instance, during jogging, or during an exercise period. Also, death has occurred when individuals regurgitate and vomit, or use laxatives or water pills, diuretics to such an extent that they leech out their minerals from their bodies, such as potassium, sodium and so on. This can then cause abnormalities in their heartbeat. That's the usual cause of death for bulimia.