Appendix Table 2.

Annual Mortality Rate (per 10,000) by Fiscal Year Among Veterans Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Matched Veterans without Serious Mental Illness Diagnosis

		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007
		Rate	N	Rate	N	Rate	N	Rate	N	Rate	N	Rate	N	Rate	N	Rate	N
All Cause	Schizophrenia	257*	477	331*	893	315*	986	313*	1129	330*	1299	328*	1328	309*	1317	311*	1369
	Non-SMI	196	213	243	592	264	880	276	967	285	1041	274	1131	279	1169	247	1127
Atherosclerosis/HTN	Schizophrenia	81	150	105*	282	110*	344	99	358	106	415	101*	409	109*	463	103*	451
	Non-SMI	64	69	78	189	90	300	94	329	96	352	86	356	89	372	84	384
Suicide	Schizophrenia	8	14	10	27	8	24	12	42	11*	45	13*	54	6	27	7*	30
	Non-SMI	5	5	7	18	7	25	8	29	5	17	5	21	5	23	4	16
Trauma/accident	Schizophrenia	15	27	19*	50	19	60	23*	83	19	73	22	91	23*	96	26*	114
	Non-SMI	13	14	12	28	15	49	16	57	15	53	19	79	16	65	13	59
Malignancy	Schizophrenia	56	104	77	207	56	176	65	235	67	265	71	287	60	257	62	271
	Non-SMI	58	63	74	180	58	193	62	218	70	255	66	271	65	271	59	269
Pulmonary Disease	Schizophrenia	19*	36	23*	63	31*	98	22	79	23	90	23	95	18	75	23	101
	Non-SMI	8	9	12	28	20	67	20	70	18	64	18	73	19	81	20	90
Other causes	Schizophrenia	80*	146	100*	264	93*	284	94*	332	107*	411	99*	392	96	399	93*	402
	Non-SMI	50	53	62	149	75	246	77	264	84	300	82	331	87	357	69	309

Chi-squared tests assessed significance of difference across the groups. Death rate is calculated as number of deaths per 10,000 person years. SMI= serious mental illness. Patients in the non-SMI group are matched with the schizophrenia patients on age, gender, parent medical center and visit date; they have no diagnosis of psychotic illness. Cause of death as categorized by the National Death Index Plus data. Deaths attributed to “atherosclerotic/HTN” are those categorized in this data set as death due to: atherosclerosis hypertension, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and aortic aneurysm.

^*p<0.05