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Table 6 Mortality 1998–2000, stratified by age, in a community-based cohort with severe mental disorder, by hospital treatment history

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

  Psychiatric inpatient care (n = 7740) No psychiatric inpatient care (n = 4363)
  Men (n = 3725) Women (n = 4015) Men (n = 2084) Women (n = 2279)
Age Groups by Cause of Death Obs SMR (95% CI) Obs SMR (95% CI) Obs SMR (95% CI) Obs SMR (95% CI)
All natural causes         
15–39 y 15 8.4 (4.7 – 13.9) 8 7.2 (3.1 – 14.2) 1 1.2 (0 – 6.6) 3 5.1 (1.0 – 14.8)
40–89 y 155 3.2 (2.7 – 3.7) 192 2.3 (2.0 – 2.7) 84 2.2 (1.7 – 2.7) 75 1.4 (1.1 – 1.7)
All external causes         
15–39 y 31 16.1 (11.0 – 22.9) 9 19.9 (9.1 – 37.7) 1 1.1 (0 – 6.1) 1 4.2 (0.1 – 23.2)
40–89 y 37 8.2 (5.8 – 11.3) 31 8.4 (5.7 – 11.9) 10 3.3 (1.6 – 6.1) 10 4.1 (2.0 – 7.6)