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Table 3 Age-standardised mortality ratios (SMRs), stratified by age group, 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

15 - 44 years old

45 - 64 years old

65+ years old

SMI - any

4.47 (3.49-5.64, n = 71)*

3.10 (2.61-3.66, n = 140)*

1.60 (1.40-1.82, n = 235)*

   Schizophrenia (F20)

4.73 (3.52-6.22, n = 51)*

3.44 (2.82-4.16, n = 106)*

1.63 (1.39-1.89, n = 165)*

   Schizoaffective disorders (F25)

3.96 (1.81-7.52, n = 9)*

2.71 (1.48-4.55, n = 14)*

2.10 (1.30-3.21, n = 21)*

   Bipolar affective disorder (F31)

4.09 (2.38-6.54, n = 17)*

2.58 (1.77-3.64, n = 32)*

1.51 (1.15-1.95, n = 59)*

Substance use disorders (F10 - F19)

6.81 (5.77-7.98, n = 153)*

4.40 (3.70-5.20, n = 139)*

1.91 (1.44-2.48, n = 56)*

Depressive episode and recurrent depressive disorder (F32 - F33)

3.21 (2.40-4.20, n = 53)*

1.75 (1.35-2.22, n = 66)*

1.18 (1.08-1.28, n = 501)*

  1. # Compared to the population of England and Wales in 2008
  2. * P-value < 0.05