How do ethnicity and deprivation impact on life expectancy at birth in people with serious mental illness? Observational study in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Across international contexts, people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) experience marked reductions in life expectancy at birth. The intersection of ethnicity and social deprivation on life expectancy in SMI is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of ethnicity and area-level deprivation on life expectancy at birth in SMI, defined as schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, bipolar disorders and depression, using data from London, UK.

Methods

Abridged life tables to calculate life expectancy at birth, in a cohort with clinician-ascribed ICD-10 schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, bipolar disorders or depression, managed in secondary mental healthcare. Life expectancy in the study population with SMI was compared with life expectancy in the general popul

SUBMITTER: Das-Munshi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579155 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature