Psychiatric disorders and 15-month mortality in a community sample of older adults.
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 79 (6) , 727-730
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.79.6.727
Abstract
The relation between psychiatric disorders, defined by the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS), and mortality over 15 months is compared in 3007 adults age 55 and over in the New Haven Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) project. Our results indicate that the odds of dying are more than four times greater for individuals with affective disorders than for others in the sample, controlling for age, sex, and physical health. Cause of death is also examined. There were no suicides or deaths from external causes.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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