Table.
Observed over expected numbers of deaths and relative risks (95% confidence intervals) for different causes of death in patients first admitted to hospital with schizophrenia, Stockholm County, 1976-95
| Year | First admissions | No of deaths | All causes
|
Natural
|
Cardiovascular
|
Suicide
|
Unspecified violence
|
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| Observed/expected | Multivariate relative risk | Observed/expected | Multivariate relative risk | Observed/expected | Multivariate relative risk | Observed/expected | Multivariate relative risk | Observed/expected | Multivariate relative risk | |||||||
| Men | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976-80 | 778 | 196 | 2.6 (2.2 to 3.0) |
1 (reference)* | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.1) |
1 (reference)† | 1.7 (1.2 to 2.2) |
1 (reference)† | 13.2 (9.8 to 17.5) |
1 (reference)* | 12.1 (7.4 to 18.6) |
1 (reference) | ||||
| 1981-5 | 761 | 162 | 2.7 (2.3 to 3.1) |
1.1 (0.9 to 1.4) |
1.8 (1.5 to 2.2) |
1.1 (0.9 to 1.5) |
2.0 (1.4 to 2.7) |
1.5 (1.0 to 2.3) |
16.9 (12.1 to 22.9) |
1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) |
12.6 (6.7 to 21.6) |
1.1 (0.5 to 2.1) |
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| 1986-90 | 831 | 104 | 4.3 (3.5 to 5.2) |
1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) |
2.0 (1.4 to 2.7) |
1.2 (0.9 to 1.8) |
4.2 (2.9 to 6.0) |
2.9 (1.8 to 4.7) |
27.7 (19.9 to 37.6) |
1.4 (0.9 to 2.1) |
21.1 (11.2 to 36.1) |
1.8 (0.9 to 3.5) |
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| 1991-5 | 631 | 36 | 9.4 (6.6 to 13.1) |
1.7 (1.2 to 2.5) |
4.4 (2.3 to 7.4) |
2.4 (1.3 to 4.3) |
8.3 (3.3 to 17.1) |
4.7 (2.1 to 10.4) |
47.8 (27.3 to 77.6) |
1.6 (0.9 to 2.9) |
45.2 (16.6 to 98.4) |
3.8 (1.5 to 9.3) |
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| Test for trend | P=0.01 | P=0.02 | P<0.001 | P=0.07 | P=0.01 | |||||||||||
| Women | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976-80 | 815 | 259 | 2.1 (1.9 to 2.4) |
1 (reference)* | 1.7 (1.5 to 2.0) |
1 (reference)† | 1.7 (1.4 to 2.1) |
1 (reference)* | 17.1 (12.2 to 23.3) |
1 (reference)* | 7.4 (2.7 to 16.0) |
1 (reference)* | ||||
| 1981-5 | 667 | 176 | 2.6 (2.2 to 3.0) |
1.2 (1.0 to 1.5) |
2.0 (1.7 to 2.4) |
1.3 (1.0 to 1.6) |
2.1 (1.6 to 2.7) |
1.3 (0.9 to 1.8) |
28.5 (20.0 to 39.5) |
1.5 (1.0 to 2.4) |
9.9 (2.7 to 16.0) |
1.4 (0.4 to 5.0) |
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| 1986-90 | 768 | 102 | 3.0 (2.5 to 3.7) |
1.2 (1.0 to 1.6) |
2.0 (1.5 to 2.6) |
1.3 (0.9 to 1.7) |
3.1 (2.1 to 4.3) |
1.7 (1.1 to 2.6) |
35.3 (23.6 to 50.6) |
1.5 (0.9 to 2.5) |
15.8 (4.3 to 40.4) |
2.3 (0.7 to 8.3) |
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| 1991-5 | 551 | 26 | 3.6 (2.5 to 5.4) |
1.3 (0.8 to 2.0) |
2.1 (1.2 to 3.5) |
1.3 (0.8 to 2.3) |
5.0 (2.1 to 4.3) |
2.7 (1.4 to 5.4) |
58.6 (29.2 to 104.8) |
1.9 (0.9 to 3.9) |
20.1 (0.5 to 111.7) |
3.4 (0.4 to 28.6) |
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| Test for trend | P=0.05 | P=0.04 | P=0.002 | P=0.04 | P=0.13 | |||||||||||
*
Controlling for age at diagnosis and follow up.
†
Controlling for age at diagnosis.