Rates, causes and predictors of all-cause and avoidable mortality in 514 878 adults with and without intellectual disabilities in Scotland: a record linkage national cohort study
Risk of all-cause, avoidable, treatable and preventable mortality was higher for adults with intellectual disabilities than their peers. The highest SMRs were observed for youngest adults, women and individuals living in the most affluent areas.
Authors
- Grant M. A. Wyper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2854-5822)
- Ewelina Rydzewska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9749-3133)
- Craig Melville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7234-2382)
- Fiona Kate Barlow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9533-1256)
- Maria Truesdale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3081-7858)
- Laura Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9530-7053)
- Michael Fleming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-4502)
- Jill P. Pell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035)
- Daniel Mackay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098)
- Filip Sosenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0557-173X)
- Bhautesh Jani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X)
- Dewy Nijhof (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4846-3242)
- Laura Ward (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0880-0662)
- Angela Henderson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6146-3477)
- Deborah Cairns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2626-1554)
- Sally‐Ann Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6054-7700)
- Kirsty Dunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1701-2190)
- Robert Callander
Institutions
- University of Dundee (GB)
- Public Health Scotland (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089962
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 15.03
Funders
- Scottish Government
- Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
- Medical Research Council