Table 1. Standardized mortality rates (SMR) for overall mortality, natural/unnatural causes and a sub-division of diseases of the circulatory system (DCS; ICD I00-I99) for men with bipolar disorder/schizophrenia compared to the general population in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden with 95% confidence intervals.

MEN	Denmark	N*	Finland	N*	Sweden	N*
Bipolar disorder
Total risk population	4280		4489		7367
All causes of death	2.2 (2.0–2.3)	770	2.8 (2.5–3.0)	485	2.0 (1.9–2.2)	1097
Natural deaths**	1.9 (1.7–2.0)	635	2.1 (1.9–2.4)	278	1.8 (1.6–1.9)	883
All external causes of death	7.8 (6.6–9.3)	135	8.5 (7.4–9.7)	207	6.3 (5.5–7.2)	214
Overall DCS (I00-I99)	2.0 (1.7–2.2)	222	2.2 (1.8–2.6)	128	1.7 (1.5–1.9)	408
Ischaemic heart disease (I20-I25)	1.9 (1.5–2.3)	94	2.0 (1.6–2.6)	74	1.6 (1.4–1.8)	200
Acute myocardial infarc. (I21)	1.9 (1.4–2.6)	44	1.9 (1.3–2.7)	30	1.7 (1.4–2.1)	124
Cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69)	2.0 (1.5–2.6)	53	1.4 (0.7–2.5)	11	1.6 (1.3–2.0)	78
Other DCS	2.0 (1.6–2.5)	75	3.5 (2.5–4.7)	43	2.0 (1.7–2.4)	130
Schizophrenia
Total risk population	12006		10369		14307
All causes of death	3.0 (2.8–3.1)	1515	3.3 (3.2–3.5)	1439	2.9 (2.8–3.0)	2126
Natural deaths**	2.7 (2.6–2.9)	1169	3.2 (3.0–3.4)	1108	2.6 (2.5–2.8)	1754
All external causes of death	7.4 (6.6–8.2)	346	4.8 (4.3–5.4)	331	6.6 (6.0–7.4)	372
Overall DCS	1.8 (1.6–2.1)	294	2.9 (2.6–3.1)	471	2.5 (2.3–2.7)	783
Ischaemic heart disease (I20-I25)	1.6 (1.3–1.9)	125	2.5 (2.2–2.8)	263	2.5 (2.3–2.8)	439
Acute myocardial infarc. (I21)	1.6 (1.2–2.1)	64	2.5 (2.1–3.0)	121	2.3 (2.0–2.6)	238
Cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69)	1.6 (1.2–2.1)	54	3.2 (2.6–4.0)	78	2.4 (2.0–2.8)	124
Other DCS	2.4 (2.0–2.9)	115	3.8 (3.2–4.5)	130	2.6 (2.3–3.0)	220

Subdivided by causes of death.

^*Number of deaths.

^**All diseases and medical conditions.