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Table 1 Age-standardised mortality ratios (SMRs), stratified by gender, for mental disorder diagnoses in SLAM#

From: All-cause mortality among people with serious mental illness (SMI), substance use disorders, and depressive disorders in southeast London: a cohort study

 

Standardised mortality ratio for deaths in 2007-09

(95% CI, number of deaths)

Diagnosis

Total

Male^

Female^

SMI - any

2.15 (1.95-2.36, n = 446)*

2.47 (2.17-2.80, n = 243)*

1.89 (1.64-2.17, n = 203)*

   Schizophrenia (F20)

2.25 (2.01-2.51, n = 322)*

2.78 (2.40-3.19, n = 196)*

1.74 (1.45-2.07, n = 126)*

   Schizoaffective disorders (F25)

2.52 (1.83-3.39, n = 44)*

2.35 (1.35-3.86, n = 16)*

2.88 (1.91-4.16, n = 28)*

   Bipolar affective disorder (F31)

1.95 (1.60-2.35, n = 108)*

1.76 (1.27-2.37, n = 43)*

2.21 (1.71-2.82, n = 65)*

Substance use disorders (F10 - F19)

4.17 (3.75-4.64, n = 348)*

3.60 (3.17-4.07, n = 254)*

4.67 (3.78-5.72, n = 94)*

Depressive episode and recurrent depressive disorder (F32 - F33)

1.29 (1.19-1.40, n = 620)*

1.53 (1.36-1.72, n = 284)*

1.18 (1.06-1.31, n = 336)*

  1. # Compared to the population of England and Wales in 2008
  2. * P-value <0.05
  3. ^ Standardised by gender- and age-specific mortality rates, separately (27 missing values for gender)
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BMC Psychiatry

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