Pattern of mortality in a sample of Maryland residents with severe mental illness

Psychiatry Res. 2010 Apr 30;176(2-3):242-5. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.006. Epub 2010 Mar 5.

Abstract

In a cohort of Maryland Medicaid recipients with severe mental illness followed from 1993-2001, we compared mortality with rates in the Maryland general population including race and gender subgroups. Persons with severe mental illness died at a mean age of 51.8 years, with a standardized mortality ratio of 3.7 (95%CI, 3.6-3.7).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Cause of Death*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Humans
  • Maryland / epidemiology
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Mental Disorders / mortality*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sex Factors