TABLE 3—
Patient Mortality for Those Who Staff Attempted to Contact: National Psychosis Registry, 2005–2006, SSA and VA BIRLS Mortality Files, 2009
| Variables | No. Died | Death Rate, % | χ2 | P | Patients, No. (%) |
| All patients | 73 | 2.2 | — | — | 3306 (100.0) |
| Return to VA care | 5 | 0.3 | 1555 (47.0) | ||
| Not returning to VA care | 68 | 3.9 | 48.4 | < .001 | 1751 (53.0) |
| Female | 4 | 1.2 | 323 (9.8) | ||
| Male | 69 | 2.3 | 1.6 | .21 | 2983 (90.2) |
| Bipolar disorders | 38 | 1.8 | 2119 (64.1) | ||
| Schizophrenia | 35 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 0.03 | 1187 (35.9) |
| < 65 y | 32 | 1.1 | 2899 (87.7) | ||
| ≥ 65 y | 41 | 10.1 | 133.0 | < .001 | 407 (12.3) |
| Married | 1 | 0.3 | 326 (9.9) | ||
| Not married or unknown | 72 | 2.4 | 6.1 | .013 | 2908 (90.1) |
| Charlson Comorbidity Score | |||||
| Level 0 | 30 | 1.3 | 2387 (72.2) | ||
| Level 1–2 | 32 | 3.9 | 826 (25.0) | ||
| Level 3–6 | 11 | 11.8 | 93 (2.8) | ||
| Elapsed time from last visit to death | |||||
| < 2 y | 14 | 0.4 | 3218 (97.3) | ||
| ≥ 2 y | 59 | 67.1 | 1760 | < .001 | 88 (2.7) |
Note. BIRLS = Beneficiary Identification Locator System; SSA = Social Security Administration; VA = Veterans Affairs.