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Between 9 and 14% of the general population suffers from at least one personality disorder.[1][2] The lifetime prevalence of histrionic personality disorder more specifically is about 1.8 to 2.1% of the general population.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ a b Feinstein, Robert E. (2022). Primer on Personality Disorders. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-1975-7441-6. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Torgersen, Svenn; Kringlen, Einar; Cramer, Victoria (1 June 2001). "The Prevalence of Personality Disorders in a Community Sample". Archives of General Psychiatry. 58 (6): 590. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.58.6.590. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
  3. ^ Nestadt, G.; Romanoski, A. J.; Chahal, R.; Merchant, A.; Folstein, M. F.; Gruenberg, E. M.; McHugh, P. R. (May 1990). "An epidemiological study of histrionic personality disorder". Psychological Medicine. 20 (2): 413–422. doi:10.1017/S0033291700017724. Retrieved February 23, 2022.