title: Mortality in People with Intellectual Disabilities.
abstract: This paper reviews why an understanding of mortality data in general, and in relation to people with intellectual disabilities in particular, is an important area of concern, and introduces the papers in this Special Edition.
authors.affiliation: Reader in Intellectual Disabilities Research, Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heslop
authors.affiliation: Center for Developmental Disabilities Evaluation and Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lauer
authors.affiliation: Clevedon Medical Centre, Clevedon, North Somerset, UK.
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoghton
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000401:mortality*; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011159:Population Surveillance
keywords: intellectual disabilities; mortality data; mortality surveillance