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Table 3 All-cause and suicide mortality in mental health disorders

From: Achieving health equity in US suicides: a narrative review and commentary

Diagnosis

All-cause mortality risk estimate (95% CI)

Statistic

Men (95% CI)

Women (95% CI)

Suicide risk estimate (95% CI)

Statistic

Men (95% CI)

Women (95% CI)

AMSTAR score

Opioid use (6,14)

14.7 (12.8-16.5)

SMR

  

13.5 (10.5-17.2)

SMR

7.6 (4.4-12.1)

3.6 (0.1-19.9)

7, 1

Amphetamine use (15)

6.2 (4.6-8.3)

SMR*

5.9 (4.1-8.1)

    

31.0 (21.0-44.0)

8

Cocaine use (16)

4 to 8

SMRs

      

7

Anorexia nervosa (17,18)

5.9 (4.2-8.3)

SMR

   

SMR*

  

2, 3

Alcohol use disorder (19,20)

4.6 (2.7-7.7)

RR

3.4 (3.0-3.8)

  

SMR

8.8 (6.4-12.1)

16.4 (10.7-25.2)

5, 5

Autism spectrum disorder (21)

2.8 (1.8-4.2)

SMR

2.1 (1.7-2.7)

     

7

Heavy smoking (22)

 

RR - WA

2.4

2.7

    

2

Schizophrenia (1)

2.5 (2.2-2.4)

SMR

3.0

2.4

12.9 (0.7-174.3)**

SMR*

  

6

Dementia (23)

1.5 to 3.0

RRs

      

5

Moderate smoking (22,24)

 

RR -WA

2.0

2.0

1.8 (1.5-2.2)

RR

1.7 (1.4-2.1)

1.8 (1.2-2.7)

2, 6

Bulimia nervosa (17,18)

1.9 (1.4-2.6)

SMR

   

SMR*

 

7.5 (1.6-11.6)

2, 3

Eating disorder NOS (17)

1.9 (1.5-2.5)

SMR

      

2

Depression (25,26)

1.6 (1.6-1.7)

RR

  

19.7 (12.2-32.0)

SMR

  

7, 3

Depression in the elderly (27)

1.6 (1.4-1.8)

RR

      

4

Dysthymic disorder (27)

1.4 (0.9-2.0)

RR

      

4

Cannabis use (28)

 

RRs

1.2 to 1.3

1.1 (0.8-1.5)

    

4

Borderline personality disorder (29)

    

45.1 (29.0-61.3)

SMR*

  

1

Bipolar disorder (26)

    

17.1 (9.8-29.5)

SMR

  

3

Personality disorders (30)

     

RR

4.1 (3.0-5.8)

1.8 (0.7-5.2)

3

Anxiety disorder (any type) (31)

    

3.3 (2.1-5.3)

OR

  

7

Post-traumatic stress disorder (31)

    

2.5 (0.5-13.4)

OR

  

7

  1. SMR – standardized mortality ratio, OR – odds ratio, RR – relative risk, WA – weighted average, AMSTAR – Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews, NOS – not otherwise specified
  2. *Not adjusted for random effects, **90% confidence intervals
  3. Table 3 is reprinted from [61] with permission