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

Gail L Daumit; Christopher B Anthony; Daniel E Ford; Maureen Fahey; Elizabeth Ann Skinner; Anthony F Lehman; Wenke Hwang; Donald M Steinwachs

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.006

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.

Authors

Gail L Daumit¹, Christopher B Anthony, Daniel E Ford, Maureen Fahey, Elizabeth Ann Skinner, Anthony F Lehman, Wenke Hwang, Donald M Steinwachs

Affiliation

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. gdaumit@jhmi.edu

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

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

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