Pattern of mortality in a sample of Maryland residents with severe mental illness.
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).
Daumit
Gail L
GL
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. gdaumit@jhmi.edu
Anthony
Christopher B
CB
Ford
Daniel E
DE
Fahey
Maureen
M
Skinner
Elizabeth Ann
EA
Lehman
Anthony F
AF
Hwang
Wenke
W
Steinwachs
Donald M
DM
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