Table 2.
Mortality from HD, by mental disorder diagnosis
| Died of HD [n (%)] |
Age of death [mean (S.D.)] |
|
|---|---|---|
| Schizophrenia (N=22,817) | 1579 (6.92) | 68.6 (12.0) |
| Bipolar disorder(N=15,203) | 921 (6.06) | 69.3 (12.2) |
| Other psychosis diagnosis (N=7336) | 877 (11.95)** | 76.5 (9.8) |
| Major depressive disorder only (N=34,952) | 2559 (7.32) | 71.8 (11.1) |
| Other depression (N=50,813) | 4422 (8.70) | 74.1 (10.5) |
| No mental disorder diagnosis (N=16,072) | 1380 (8.59) | 76.5 (9.3) |
| Total sample (N=147,193) | 11,738 (7.97) | 72.9 (11.1) |
HD-related deaths were deaths defined using CDC cause-of-death criteria for “diseases of the heart,” including myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, pulmonary HD, hypertensive HD and ischemic HD (ICD-10 codes I00–I09, I11, I13 and I20–I51).
**
P<.001 compared to patients without a mental disorder diagnosis.