Table 1.

Contemporary sample: cause of death by diagnosis

	Schizophrenia (F20/F25) N=227			Delusional disorder (F22) N=48			Acute and transient psychosis (F23) N=66			Other psychoses (F29) N=14			All psychoses N=355
Cause of death	1 year	5 year	10 year	1 year	5 year	10 year	1 year	5 year	10 year	1 year	5 year	10 year	1 year	5 year	10 year
Suicide/open	7	10	12	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	8	13	16
Cardiovascular	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	4	1	1	1	1	6	8
Respiratory	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Cancer	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	4	5
Other	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
All causes	7	11	13	0	4	9	2	7	8	1	3	3	10	25	33
Average age of death	29.5	31.3	31.6	–	78.6	72.7	54.7	60.3	60.9	39.5	45.9	45.9	35.6	48.7	51.2