title: Pattern of mortality in a sample of Maryland residents with severe mental illness.
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).
authors.affiliation: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. gdaumit@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Gail L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Daumit
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fahey
authors.forename: Elizabeth Ann
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Anthony F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Lehman
authors.forename: Wenke
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Donald M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Steinwachs
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors