schizophrenia: Schizophrenia data

Description Usage Format Source

Description

Data from a cohort study of mortality in 2122 males who received treatment for schizophrenia in the province of Alberta, Canada at some time during 1976 - 1985. This is an example of a retrospective cohort study.

Usage

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Format

data frame with 8 rows and 5 variables

age.group

the age group

cohort.deaths

number of deaths (of any cause) among schizophrenia cohort

cohort.py

cohort person years

alberta.deaths

number of deaths for Alberta males in 1981

alberta.pop

population of Alberta males in 1981

Source

Newman (2001), Table 12.2(a); Newman and Bland (1991). Mortality in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia: a record linkage study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 36, 239 - 245.


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