@article{ref1,
title="The mortality experience of individuals on the Salford Psychiatric Case Register. I. All-cause mortality",
journal="British journal of psychiatry",
year="1996",
author="Baxter, D. N.",
volume="168",
number="6",
pages="772-779",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Several studies, mainly non-UK based, have reported higher than expected mortality for individuals with mental illness. This investigation in Salford (England) was undertaken to determine local experiences. METHOD: An historical cohort design was employed with record linkage to determine status at study end: maximum follow-up was 18 years. All 6952 individuals with schizophrenia, neuroses, affective or personality disorders, enrolled on the psychiatric case register between 1 January 1968 and 31 December 1975 were recruited: there were 199 exclusions. Death was the study end-point. RESULTS: Observed mortality was 65% higher than expected and elevated throughout the whole of follow-up. Mortality was higher in younger ages, females and subjects born locally. Circulatory disorders, injury and poisoning each caused approximately one-third of the excess deaths. CONCLUSIONS: Documenting mortality risk has important applications for prioritisation, resource allocation, developing control programmes, evaluating service effectiveness, disease forecasting and future research.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0007-1250",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}