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> People with psychosis tend to die 20 years earlier than the general population. One of the reason is that people with some types of psychosis smoke a lot. Is
by tmnvix 9y ago
> People with psychosis tend to die 20 years earlier than the general population. One of the reason is that people with some types of psychosis smoke a lot.
Is this a significant reason relative to suicide amongst psychotics?
- DanBC 9y agoYes. In England about 4,500 deaths by suicide per year. There are about 55million people in the UK, and about 1% of them have psychosis, so there are roughly 550000 people with psychosis. The deaths by suicide, while both tragic and preventable, don't change the average lifespan much. It's the heart attacks and strokes and diabetes that are the biggest effect on lifespan.