Life expectancy among persons with schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorder
Schizophrenia Research, 07/12/2011
Clinical Article
Laursen TM et al. – Life-expectancy was much shorter in persons with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Excess mortality from physical diseases and medical conditions exerts a far greater influence on the curtailed life-expectancy, when compared against the impact of death by external causes.
Methods- Life-expectancy was calculated by means of survival analysis techniques using entire Danish population as a cohort
- Life-expectancy 18.7years shorter for schizophrenic men compared to men in general population
- Corresponding numbers for schizophrenic women 16.3years, for bipolar men 13.6years, and for bipolar women 12.1years



