Table 1. Causes of death over a 14-year period among older men with and without severe mental disorders.
| No severe mental disorder | Schizophrenia-S | Bipolar | Depression | Alcohol | |
| N = 35691 | N = 444 | N = 101 | N = 958 | N = 698 | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Causes of death: | 1 (Reference) | SHR (95%CI) | SHR (95%CI) | SHR (95%CI) | SHR (95%CI) |
| Alive | 17750 (49.7) | 101 (22.7) | 38 (37.6) | 211 (22.0) | 148 (21.2) |
| Infection | 222 (0.6) | 7 (1.6) | 0 | 9 (0.9) | 9 (1.3) |
| 2.4 (1.1, 5.1) | – | 1.5 (0.8, 2.9) | 2.0 (1.0, 3.9) | ||
| Cancer | 5976 (16.7) | 61 (13.7) | 11 (10.9) | 185 (19.3) | 143 (20.5) |
| 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) | 0.6 (0.3, 1.1) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) | ||
| Cardiovascular diseases | 6160 (17.3) | 118 (26.6) | 23 (22.8) | 254 (26.5) | 185 (26.5) |
| 1.6 (1.3, 1.9) | 1.4 (0.9, 2.1) | 1.6 (1.4, 1.9) | 1.6 (1.4, 1.9) | ||
| Chronic respiratory diseases | 1634 (4.6) | 44 (9.9) | 10 (9.9) | 102 (10.6) | 86 (12.3) |
| 2.1 (1.6, 2.9) | 2.2 (1.2, 4.1) | 2.4 (2.0, 2.9) | 2.8 (2.2, 3.4) | ||
| Substance induced, mental disorders | 432 (1.2) | 22 (4.9) | 5 (4.9) | 14 (1.5) | 13 (1.9) |
| 3.7 (2.4, 5.7) | 4.2 (1.7, 10.4) | 1.1 (0.7, 1.9) | 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) | ||
| Nervous system, including dementia | 702 (2.0) | 33 (7.4) | 1 (1.0) | 44 (4.6) | 14 (2.0) |
| 3.7 (2.6, 5.2) | 0.5 (0.1, 3.5) | 2.3 (1.7, 3.1) | 1.0 (0.6, 1.7) | ||
| Suicide | 78 (0.2) | 0 | 2 (2.0) | 7 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) |
| – | 8.6 (2.1, 35.0) | 3.6 (1.7, 7.9) | 0.6 (0.1, 4.4) | ||
| Accidents | 249 (0.7) | 5 (1.1) | 1 (1.0) | 7 (0.7) | 7 (1.0) |
| 1.5 (0.6, 3.7) | 1.4 (0.2, 10.0) | 1.0 (0.5, 2.2) | 1.4 (0.7, 2.9) | ||
| Other | 2488 (7.0) | 53 (11.9) | 10 (9.9) | 125 (13.0) | 92 (13.2) |
| 1.7 (1.3, 2.2) | 1.4 (0.8, 2.7) | 2.0 (1.6, 2.4) | 1.9 (1.5, 2.4) |
Schizophrenia-S: schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
SHR: sub-hazard ratio derived from competing-risks regression. 95%CI: 95% confidence interval of the sub-hazard ratio.
Bold print denotes statistically significant association.