Table 3.
Mortality 1998–2000 in a community-based cohort with severe mental disorder, by service provider
| Psychiatric services (n = 7468) | Social services only (n = 4635) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 3484) | Women (n = 3984) | Men (n = 2325) | Women (n = 2310) | |||||
| Cause of Death | Obs | SMR (95% CI) | Obs | SMR (95% CI) | Obs | SMR (95% CI) | Obs | SMR (95% CI) |
| All natural causes | 109 | 2.5 (2.1 – 3.0) | 110 | 1.8 (1.5 – 2.2) | 146 | 3.1 (2.7 – 3.7) | 168 | 2.1 (1.8 – 2.5) |
| Neoplasms | 11 | 0.8 (0.4 – 1.4) | 28 | 1.3 (0.8 – 1.8) | 20 | 1.4 (0.9 – 2.2) | 26 | 1.4 (0.9 – 2.0) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | 49 | 2.7 (2.0 – 3.6) | 50 | 2.2 (1.7 – 3.0) | 64 | 3.1 (2.4 – 4.0) | 83 | 2.3 (1.8 – 2.8) |
| Ischaemic heart diseases | 30 | 3.0 (2.0 – 4.3) | 26 | 2.8 (1.8 – 4.1) | 36 | 3.3 (2.3 – 4.5) | 30 | 2.1 (1.4 – 2.9) |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 7 | 2.2 (0.9 – 4.4) | 9 | 1.6 (0.7 – 3.0) | 11 | 2.8 (1.4 – 5.0 | 24 | 2.5 (1.6 – 3.8) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system | 11 | 4.4 (2.2 – 7.8) | 10 | 2.5 (1.2 – 4.5) | 13 | 4.1 (2.2 – 7.0) | 20 | 3.3 (2.0 – 5.2) |
| Diseases of the digestive system | 8 | 3.5 (1.5 – 7.0) | 4 | 1.8 (0.5 – 4.5) | 12 | 6.0 (3.1 – 10.4) | 7 | 2.6 (1.0 – 5.4) |
| All external causes | 53 | 8.8 (6.6 – 11.5) | 32 | 8.9 (6.1 – 12.5) | 26 | 6.0 (3.9 – 8.8) | 19 | 5.9 (3.6 – 9.3) |
| Accidents | 12 | 4.6 (2.4 – 8.0) | 4 | 2.6 (0.7 – 6.6) | 10 | 4.9 (2.3 – 8.9) | 9 | 4.7 (2.2 – 8.9) |
| Suicide and undetermined (X60-84, Y10-34) | 40 | 13.6 (9.7 – 18.5) | 26 | 14.1 (9.2 – 20.6) | 16 | 8.2 (4.7 – 13.2) | 10 | 9.4 (4.5 – 17.3) |
| Suicide (X60-84) | 30 | 13.3 (9.0 – 19.0) | 23 | 15.7 (9.9 – 23.5) | 10 | 6.6 (3.1 – 12.1) | 6 | 7.0 (2.6 – 15.2) |
| Undetermined intent (Y10-34) | 10 | 14.7 (7.0 – 27.0) | 3 | 7.9 (1.6 – 23.0) | 6 | 13.7 (5.0 – 29.8) | 4 | 19.3 (5.3 – 49.4) |
| All Causes | 162 | 3.3 (2.8 – 3.8) | 142 | 2.2 (1.9 – 2.6) | 172 | 3.4 (2.9 – 3.9) | 187 | 2.3 (2.0 – 2.6) |