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. 2010 Apr 30;176(2-3):242-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.01.006. Epub 2010 Mar 5.

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

Gail L Daumit  1 , Christopher B Anthony, Daniel E Ford, Maureen Fahey, Elizabeth Ann Skinner, Anthony F Lehman, Wenke Hwang, Donald M Steinwachs
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Pattern of mortality in a sample of Maryland residents with severe mental illness

Gail L Daumit et al. Psychiatry Res. .

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).

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Deaths and causes of death per 100,000 in persons with severe mental illness in Maryland 1999-2001 and standardized mortality ratio of persons with severe mental illness compared to the Maryland general population. Numbers in parentheses depict deaths in persons with severe mental illness per 100,000. Horizontal bars with point estimates depict standardized mortality ratios. 95% CIs are depicted by error bars.
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