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. 2012 Oct 9;2(5):e001810. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001810

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