Table 3.

Sickness absence due to psychiatric disorder and mortality

	HR	Adjusted HR
Suicide	6.01	5.13
Cardiovascular disease	1.84	1.59
Smoking-related cancer	1.65	1.31

Notes: HR = hazard ratio over a mean of 15.5 years in workers with absence (>7 days) due to a psychiatric disorder compared with workers with no sickness absence. Adjusted HR, adjusted for marital status, tobacco smoking, and alcohol use. Based on data from the French GAZEL cohort (n = 19,962 aged 35–50 years) and the French national registry of mortality (1993–2008). Compiled from data in reference ¹³.