Time trends in schizophrenia mortality in Stockholm County, Sweden: cohort study

Abstract

Although mortality in patients with schizophrenia is two to three times higher than that in the general population, little is known about time trends in mortality rates. [1] 2][3] We aimed to assess mortality over time after a first admission to hospital with schizophrenia. In those patients who died, the cause of death was categorised as natural, cardiovascular, suicide, or unspecified violence.