SMRs and years of life lost by diagnosis group and cause of death grouping (natural death, non-natural death or ‘other’ deaths; all patients diagnosed 1986–2009 and followed up until 31 December 2010)
| Natural deaths | Non-natural deaths | Other deaths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | SMR (95% CI) | AYYL | N | SMR (95% CI) | AYYL | N | SMR (95% CI) | AYYL | |
| Uncomplicated diagnosis group | |||||||||
| Schizophrenia | 3580 | 1.78 (1.72 to 1.84) | 11.8 | 504 | 4.40 (4.02 to 4.80) | 32.2 | 976 | 1.58 (1.48 to 1.68) | 16.3 |
| Bi-polar | 624 | 1.69 (1.56 to 1.83) | 13.0 | 97 | 4.74 (3.84 to 5.78) | 32.0 | 162 | 1.18 (1.01 to 1.38) | 16.4 |
| Depression | 7839 | 1.60 (1.56 to 1.63) | 12.0 | 1055 | 4.93 (4.64 to 5.24) | 27.2 | 2142 | 1.25 (1.20 to 1.30) | 13.8 |
| Neurotic disorders | 622 | 1.71 (1.58 to 1.85) | 13.2 | 63 | 3.35 (2.57 to 4.29) | 29.4 | 153 | 1.07 (0.91 to 1.26) | 15.1 |
| Eating disorders | 15 | 2.57 (1.44 to 4.26) | 23.8 | 12 | 7.21 (3.71 to 12.63) | 49.5 | 24 | 5.81 (3.72 to 8.66) | 39.3 |
| Personality disorders | 265 | 1.67 (1.48 to 1.88) | 15.0 | 96 | 6.21 (5.03 to 7.58) | 37.6 | 88 | 1.45 (1.16 to 1.79) | 25.6 |
| Complicated (hierarchical) diagnosis group | |||||||||
| Schizophrenia | 3500 | 1.71 (1.65 to 1.77) | 14.3 | 767 | 5.17 (4.81 to 5.55) | 35.1 | 1368 | 2.02 (1.91 to 2.13) | 20.0 |
| Bi-polar | 1,139 | 1.43 (1.34 to 1.51) | 13.7 | 197 | 5.06 (4.38 to 5.82) | 30.8 | 370 | 1.27 (1.14 to 1.41) | 15.7 |
| Depression | 4525 | 1.78 (1.72 to 1.83) | 14.8 | 931 | 6.54 (6.12 to 6.97) | 32.3 | 1,826 | 1.94 (1.86 to 2.04) | 18.6 |
| Neurotic disorders | 379 | 2.04 (1.84 to 2.25) | 16.4 | 53 | 4.28 (3.20 to 5.60) | 33.6 | 147 | 1.98 (1.67 to 2.33) | 20.0 |
| Eating disorders | 17 | 3.00 (1.74 to 4.82) | 24.4 | 5 | 8.99 (2.84 to 21.14) | 43.1 | 16 | 6.56 (3.74 to 10.68) | 32.9 |
| Personality disorders | 360 | 2.46 (2.21 to 2.73) | 19.9 | 129 | 7.47 (6.24 to 8.88) | 39.0 | 197 | 3.37 (2.92 to 3.88) | 28.8 |
| Total | 22865 | 1.69 (1.67 to 1.71) | 13.3 | 3909 | 5.25 (5.08 to 5.41) | 31.80 | 7,469 | 1.58 (1.55 to 1.62) | 17.4 |
*Adjusted for sex, age, period and deprivation category (Carstairs 1991 decile) at first diagnosis.
AYLL, average years of life lost; SMR, standardised mortality ratio.