Table 1 Prevalent cases, incident cases and DALYs due to anorexia nervosa in 2019 and the percentage change in the age-standardised rates, 1990–2019

North Africa and Middle East

327,856

49.3

11.4

104,560

16

5.9

70,205

10.6

11.8

(229,870, 467,180)

(34.6, 70.4)

(7.3, 15.4)

(74,084, 143,043)

(11.3, 22)

(2.6, 9.1)

(41,755, 112,883)

(6.3, 17)

(5.2, 19.1)

Afghanistan

13,100

29.9

− 10

5651

11.8

− 5.8

2787

6.3

− 8.6

(9017, 18,744)

(20.7, 42.3)

(− 18.8, 0.4)

(3864, 8047)

(8.4, 16.6)

(− 14.9, 4.5)

(1579, 4614)

(3.7, 10.3)

(− 27.5, 16.2)

Algeria

21,309

49.5

4.6

6637

16.3

2.9

4552

10.6

4.6

(14,898, 30,785)

(34.4, 71.6)

(− 6.4, 15.8)

(4692, 9127)

(11.3, 22.6)

(− 8.4, 14.7)

(2613, 7508)

(6.1, 17.4)

(− 15.1, 29.6)

Bahrain

901

64.5

6.4

224

19.6

3

192

13.8

6.4

(632, 1267)

(44.5, 93.5)

(− 4.6, 18.4)

(159, 304)

(13.5, 27.3)

(− 9.6, 14.8)

(111, 298)

(7.8, 21.9)

(− 13.1, 28.9)

Egypt

50,811

47

19.4

17,544

15.8

12.2

10,876

10

20

(35,230, 73,681)

(32.8, 67.9)

(6.4, 34.3)

(12,063, 24,461)

(10.9, 22)

(0.7, 24.7)

(6292, 17,521)

(5.8, 16.1)

(− 3.9, 50.3)

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

58,350

68.5

30

16,510

21.6

24.6

12,411

14.6

30.5

(40,965, 82,330)

(47.9, 98.2)

(24.1, 36.2)

(11,781, 22,699)

(15.1, 30.1)

(18.6, 30.4)

(7298, 19,811)

(8.5, 23.8)

(22.6, 38.9)

Iraq

24,522

49

0.3

8338

16.2

0.4

5228

10.4

0.9

(16,991, 35,906)

(33.9, 70.9)

(− 10.5, 10.7)

(5668, 11,786)

(11.2, 22.8)

(− 10, 11.5)

(2993, 8478)

(6, 16.9)

(− 18.4, 24.7)

Jordan

5785

43.2

5.9

2082

15.1

4.4

1245

9.3

6.2

(4069, 8214)

(30.6, 60.7)

(− 4, 16.6)

(1451, 2952)

(10.6, 21.3)

(− 6.1, 15.5)

(723, 2035)

(5.4, 15.1)

(− 15.2, 31.7)

Kuwait

3869

78.7

12.1

820

21.5

4.3

849

17.3

11.1

(2711, 5416)

(55.1, 112)

(1, 25.1)

(575, 1114)

(14.6, 30.5)

(− 7.1, 17.1)

(517, 1332)

(10.3, 27.9)

(− 6.2, 33.9)

Lebanon

2664

52.3

9

791

16.7

5.2

568

11.2

9.8

(1862, 3808)

(36.6, 74.8)

(− 1.5, 20.3)

(552, 1117)

(11.5, 23.9)

(− 4.9, 17.1)

(335, 911)

(6.5, 18.1)

(− 10.8, 35.6)

Libya

3642

47.4

− 17.2

1143

15.9

− 11.7

777

10.1

− 17.1

(2518, 5118)

(32.7, 66.9)

(− 25.3, − 7.1)

(802, 1582)

(11, 22.2)

(− 20.8, − 1)

(449, 1248)

(5.8, 16.4)

(− 32.1, 2.9)

Morocco

16,944

44.5

16.6

5689

15.2

9.9

3598

9.5

16.7

(11,768, 23,675)

(30.9, 62.1)

(4.7, 28.9)

(3949, 7832)

(10.5, 20.9)

(− 2, 22.3)

(2042, 5857)

(5.4, 15.4)

(− 6.8, 45.7)

Oman

3218

57.9

5.7

842

18.6

4.9

687

12.4

5.6

(2227, 4655)

(40, 84.5)

(− 4.6, 17)

(590, 1159)

(12.5, 26.1)

(− 7.2, 15.9)

(393, 1125)

(7.1, 20.1)

(− 12.3, 30.2)

Palestine

2203

38.4

15.2

847

13.9

10

469

8.2

15.3

(1539, 3208)

(26.9, 54.7)

(3.9, 27.4)

(582, 1186)

(9.6, 19.5)

(− 1.5, 21.5)

(268, 765)

(4.7, 13.1)

(− 8.4, 44.2)

Qatar

2603

71.7

2.7

540

21.2

1.6

557

15.4

3.3

(1766, 3741)

(50.2, 102.8)

(− 7.2, 13.9)

(384, 739)

(14.3, 30.5)

(− 8.9, 12.7)

(322, 894)

(8.9, 25)

(− 14.3, 22.1)

Saudi Arabia

26,753

61.1

2.6

6830

18.4

− 0.7

5887

13.4

4.3

(18,794, 37,410)

(42.9, 86.3)

(− 8.1, 13.2)

(4833, 9523)

(12.7, 26)

(− 10.4, 9.6)

(3503, 9112)

(7.9, 20.7)

(− 13.2, 26.5)

Sudan

17,016

36

16.4

6700

13.3

9.9

3640

7.7

17

(11,708, 24,718)

(25.2, 50.6)

(4.9, 30.8)

(4654, 9436)

(9.3, 18.5)

(− 1.2, 21.9)

(2090, 5924)

(4.5, 12.4)

(− 6.7, 46.8)

Syrian Arab Republic

6213

39.1

6.4

2435

14

3.3

1334

8.4

6.8

(4298, 9002)

(27, 56.1)

(− 4.2, 17.5)

(1642, 3447)

(9.7, 19.6)

(− 7.9, 13.9)

(723, 2180)

(4.6, 13.6)

(− 13.7, 32.1)

Tunisia

5421

48.4

19.1

1671

16

10.9

1151

10.3

18.2

(3825, 7632)

(34, 68.3)

(7.8, 33.6)

(1176, 2287)

(11.1, 22.2)

(0.3, 23.7)

(666, 1831)

(6, 16.6)

(− 4, 46.7)

Turkey

45,446

52.6

20.2

13,302

16.7

11.5

9768

11.3

20.5

(31,970, 64,503)

(36.7, 74.4)

(7.7, 34.8)

(9388, 18,441)

(11.7, 23.4)

(− 0.9, 23.7)

(5795, 15,400)

(6.7, 18)

(− 0.3, 49.1)

United Arab Emirates

5640

66

− 15.4

1202

20.4

− 9.1

1199

14.2

− 15.2

(3977, 7899)

(45.8, 95.6)

(− 24.9, − 5.7)

(873, 1631)

(13.9, 29.2)

(− 18.2, 2.9)

(705, 1902)

(8, 23.1)

(− 29.2, 2.2)

Yemen

11,112

31.2

− 6.6

4655

12.1

− 4

2358

6.6

− 6.1

(7729, 15,785)

(21.8, 43.6)

(− 16.9, 3.4)

(3234, 6494)

(8.5, 16.9)

(− 13.7, 6)

(1349, 3770)

(3.8, 10.5)

(− 25.7, 19.6)