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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.