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Schizophrenia in Hawaii: Analysis of Cohort Mortality Risk in a Multi-ethnic Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Betsy Platt Weiner  and
Robert C. Marvit
Betsy Platt Weiner
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii, 3675 Kilauea Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96816
Robert C. Marvit
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii; Mental Health Division, Hawaii State Department of Health
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Schizophrenic patients in treatment with the Hawaii state system have been followed from 1962 to 1972. This cohort includes 1,689 persons: out-patients as well as in-patients; of Japanese, Caucasian, part-Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese and other ancestries. After ten years, 60 per cent remain registered with the Hawaii Mental Health Division; 14 per cent are found living in the state; 12 per cent are lost to follow-up; and 14 per cent have died. Mortality is analysed for all causes by comparison with similar ethnic and sex sub-groups of the general population.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 131 , Issue 5 , November 1977 , pp. 497 - 503
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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