ADHD & mortality
2015-09-24 17:42:27.847185+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Eyes on Evidence - September 2015 (PDF), scroll down to "Mortality in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder".
The study cohort comprised 1,922,248 people followed up for up to 32 years (24,907,560 person–years). A total of 32,061 people in the cohort had a diagnosis of AD HD (183,049 person–years of observation), 107 of whom died during follow-up. All-cause mortality was 5.85 per 10,000 person–years among people with ADHD, compared with 2.21 per 10,000 person–years in people without ADHD. The risk of death among people with ADHD was more than double that in the general population (adjusted mortality rate ratio [MRR]=2.07, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.70 to 2.50, p<0.0001).
Just had a conversation with someone yesterday about people we've known were going to burn hard and burn bright and burn out early. People we're surprised made it this long. It goes on to point out that "42 [77.8%] of these deaths were accidents"...