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. 2020 Jun 1;77(6):648-650.
doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0334.

Changes Over Time in the Differential Mortality Gap in Individuals With Mental Disorders

Oleguer Plana-Ripoll  1 , Nanna Weye  1 , Natalie C Momen  1 , Maria K Christensen  1   2 , Kim M Iburg  2 , Thomas Munk Laursen  1 , John J McGrath  1   3   4
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Changes Over Time in the Differential Mortality Gap in Individuals With Mental Disorders

Oleguer Plana-Ripoll et al. JAMA Psychiatry. .

Abstract

This study examines changes in mortality rate ratios and life-years lost for both external and natural causes over 20 years for specific mental disorders.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Mortality Rates Ratios and Life-Years Lost
Mortality rates for people with and without a diagnosis of a mental disorder (A) and mortality rate ratios depending on calendar year (B) for all-cause mortality, and for natural and external causes of death; remaining life expectancy after disease diagnosis for people with a mental disorder and a sex- and age-matched general population (C); and excess life-years lost (overall and owing to natural and external causes of death) for people with mental disorders (D).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Excess Life-Years Lost (Overall and Owing to Natural and External Causes of Death) Over Calendar Time for People With Mood Disorders (A), Neurotic Disorders (B), Substance Use Disorders (C), and Schizophrenia (D)
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