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What I’m seeing is 0.5%: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_dis... > F
by awb 3y ago
What I’m seeing is 0.5%:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_dis...
> Frequency 0.5%
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/narcissistic-personality-disorder/npd-statistics/ https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/narcissisti...
> Approximately 0.5% of the United States population, or one 1 in 200 people, has the disorder
Regardless, your point does appear valid about male dominated fields:
> There are significant gender differences when it comes to the prevalence of the disorder; about 75% of people with narcissistic personality disorder are men.
- watwut 3y agoLiterally your first link: > As of 2018, overall prevalence is estimated to range from 0.8% to 6.2%.[68][69] In 2008 under the DSM-IV, lifetime prevalence of NPD was estimated to be 6.2%, with 7.7% for men and 4.8% for women