Association of Intellectual Disability With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Knowledge of the health challenges and mortality in people with intellectual disability (ID) should guide health policies and practices in contemporary society.

Objective

To examine premature mortality in individuals with ID.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based longitudinal cohort study obtained data from several national health care, education, and population registers in Sweden. Two registers were used to identify individuals with ID: the National Patient Register and the Halmstad University Register on Pupils With Intellectual Disability. Two cohorts were created: cohort 1 comprised young adults (born between 1980 and 1991) with mild ID, and cohort 2 comprised individuals (born between 1932 and 2013) with mild ID or moderate to profou

SUBMITTER: Hirvikoski T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8220491 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature