Table 5.
Mortality 1998–2000, stratified by age, 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) | |||||
| Age Groups by Cause of Death | Obs | SMR (95% CI) | Obs | SMR (95% CI) | Obs | SMR (95% CI) | Obs | SMR (95% CI) |
| All natural causes | ||||||||
| 15–39 y | 8 | 4.8 (2.1 – 9.5) | 2 | 1.8 (0.2 – 6.4) | 8 | 8.2 (3.6 – 16.2) | 9 | 15.8 (7.2 – 29.9) |
| 40–89 y | 101 | 2.4 (2.0 – 2.9) | 108 | 1.8 (1.5 – 2.2) | 138 | 3.0 (2.5 – 3.6) | 159 | 2.0 (1.7 – 2.4) |
| All external causes | ||||||||
| 15–39 y | 24 | 13.5 (8.7 – 20.1) | 6 | 13.2 (4.9 – 28.8) | 8 | 7.5 (3.3 – 14.9) | 4 | 16.6 (4.5 – 42.6) |
| 40–89 y | 29 | 6.9 (4.6 – 9.9) | 26 | 8.3 (5.4 – 12.1) | 18 | 5.5 (3.3 – 8.7) | 15 | 5.1 (2.8 – 8.3) |