Excess mortality, causes of death and life expectancy in 270,770 patients with recent onset of mental disorders in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

Merete Nordentoft; Kristian Wahlbeck; Jonas Hällgren; Jeanette Westman; Urban Osby; Hassan Alinaghizadeh; Mika Gissler; Thomas Munk Laursen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055176

Excess mortality, causes of death and life expectancy in 270,770 patients with recent onset of mental disorders in Denmark, Finland and Sweden

Merete Nordentoft
, Kristian Wahlbeck
, Jonas Hällgren
, Jeanette Westman
, Urban Osby
, Hassan Alinaghizadeh
, Mika Gissler
, Thomas Munk Laursen

Psykiatrisk Center København

587 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Excess mortality among patients with severe mental disorders has not previously been investigated in detail in large complete national populations.

Original language	English
Journal	P L o S One
Volume	8
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	e55176
ISSN	1932-6203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055176
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Cause of Death
Denmark
Female
Finland
Humans
Life Expectancy
Male
Mental Disorders
Registries
Sweden

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