Table 6.
Mortality 1998–2000, stratified by age, in a community-based cohort with severe mental disorder, by hospital treatment history
| Psychiatric inpatient care (n = 7740) | No psychiatric inpatient care (n = 4363) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 3725) | Women (n = 4015) | Men (n = 2084) | Women (n = 2279) | |||||
| 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 | 15 | 8.4 (4.7 – 13.9) | 8 | 7.2 (3.1 – 14.2) | 1 | 1.2 (0 – 6.6) | 3 | 5.1 (1.0 – 14.8) |
| 40–89 y | 155 | 3.2 (2.7 – 3.7) | 192 | 2.3 (2.0 – 2.7) | 84 | 2.2 (1.7 – 2.7) | 75 | 1.4 (1.1 – 1.7) |
| All external causes | ||||||||
| 15–39 y | 31 | 16.1 (11.0 – 22.9) | 9 | 19.9 (9.1 – 37.7) | 1 | 1.1 (0 – 6.1) | 1 | 4.2 (0.1 – 23.2) |
| 40–89 y | 37 | 8.2 (5.8 – 11.3) | 31 | 8.4 (5.7 – 11.9) | 10 | 3.3 (1.6 – 6.1) | 10 | 4.1 (2.0 – 7.6) |