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2711851

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-26
pubmed:abstractText
This study examined standardized mortality ratios (SMR) among the patients who had undergone psychiatric hospitalization in Israel in 1978. The size of the sample (83,175 person-years) allowed us to calculate simultaneously SMR by age, sex, diagnosis and cause of death. The global SMR was 2.3 and decreased with age. Excess mortality was found in patients from all diagnostic groups for death from both natural and unnatural causes. Excess mortality from cancer was found only among patients aged under 40. The SMR for death by suicide was lower than that reported in the literature. The highest excess mortality was due to respiratory and infectious diseases in all groups and especially among young alcoholics and drug addicts (SMR = 273). This points to the importance of an ongoing follow-up of the physical health of psychiatric patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0001-690X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
248-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Mortality among psychiatric patients--the groups at risk.
pubmed:affiliation
Falk Institute for Mental Health and Behavioral Studies, JDC - Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article