Schizophrenia: Causes of and age at death—contemporary and historical samples
| Contemporary sample | Historical sample | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | Cause of death | Year 1 (n=227) | Years 2–5 (n=203)* | Total 5 years (n=203)* | Year 1 (n=653) | Years 2–5 (n=653) | Total 5 years (n=653) |
| 15–44 | Tuberculosis | – | – | – | 6 | 42 | 48 |
| Respiratory | – | – | – | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Cardiovascular | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cancer | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Suicide | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | – | 1 | |
| 45–74 | Tuberculosis | – | – | – | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Respiratory | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Cardiovascular | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Cancer | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Suicide | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| 75+ | Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Respiratory | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cardiovascular | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Cancer | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Suicide | - | – | – | – | – | – | |
| All ages | All deaths | 7 | 4 | 11 | 30 | 76 | 106 |
| All deaths (excl tuberculosis, %) | 7 (3.08) | 4 (1.97) | 11 (5.41) | 24 (3.68) | 34 (5.21) | 58 (8.88) | |