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Table 2 Mortality 1998–2000 in a community-based cohort with severe mental disorder, by gender

From: Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorder in Sweden: a cohort study of 12 103 individuals with and without contact with psychiatric services

Cause of Deatha ICD-10 chapter Obs Exp SMR (95% CI) Excess deaths Obs Exp SMR (95% CI) Excess deaths
   Men (n = 5809) Women (n = 6294)
All natural causes I-XVIII 255 89.9 2.8 (2.5 – 3.2) 165 278 138.7 2.0 (1.8 – 2.3) 139
   Neoplasms II 31 27.6 1.1 (0.8 – 1.6) 3 54 41.2 1.3 (1.0 – 1.7) 13
   Diseases of the circulatory system IX 113 38.3 3.0 (2.4 – 3.6) 75 133 59.0 2.3 (1.9 – 2.7) 74
Ischaemic heart diseases IX 66 20.9 3.2 (2.5 – 4.0) 45 56 23.9 2.3 (1.8 – 3.0) 32
Cerebrovascular diseases IX 18 7.1 2.5 (1.5 – 4.0) 11 33 15.1 2.2 (1.5 – 3.1) 18
   Diseases of the respiratory system X 24 5.7 4.2 (2.7 – 6.3) 18 30 10.1 3.0 (2.0 – 4.3) 20
   Diseases of the digestive system XI 20 4.3 4.7 (2.9 – 7.2) 16 11 5.0 2.2 (1.1 – 4.0) 6
All external causes XX 79 10.3 7.6 (6.0 – 9.5) 69 51 6.8 7.5 (5.6 – 9.9) 44
   Accidents XX 22 4.7 4.7 (3.0 – 7.1) 17 13 3.5 3.8 (2.0 – 6.4) 10
   Suicide and undetermined (X60-84, Y10-34) XX 56 4.9 11.4 (8.6 – 14.8) 51 36 2.9 12.4 (8.7 – 17.1) 33
Suicide (X60-84) XX 40 3.8 10.6 (7.6 – 14.4) 36 29 2.3 12.5 (8.4 – 17.9) 27
Undetermined intent (Y10-34) XX 16 1.1 14.3 (8.2 – 23.2) 15 7 0.6 11.9 (4.8 – 24.5) 6
All Causes   334 100.2 3.3 (3.0 – 3.7) 234 329 145.5 2.3 (2.0 – 2.5) 183
  1. a. Only causes of death with 15 or more observed deaths in either gender are presented here, to emphasise the more statistically stable results.