Figure 1.

Mortality rates in patients with severe mental illness (SMI) compared with patients without the respective SMI (relative risk) over the whole adult life span. The elevated risk of death of SMI patients is particularly high at young age.

Data from statutory health insurance funds; subsample (n = 15 590 107) with information on mortality (deaths in this subsample, 2013 to 2014: n = 288 503); results based on a simple descriptive analysis relating age- and sex-specific mortality rates of patients without a specific SMI to those of patients with the respective SMI; ICD-10 diagnoses included: F60.3x, F2x, F30.x/F31.x, F32.2/F33.2/F32.3/F33.3