Rates, causes and predictors of all-cause and avoidable mortality in 163 686 children and young people with and without intellectual disabilities: a record linkage national cohort study

Objectives To investigate mortality rates and associated factors, and avoidable mortality in children/young people with intellectual disabilities.Design Retrospective cohort; individual record-linked data between Scotland’s 2011 Census and 9.5 years of National Records for Scotland death certificati...

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Main Authors: Daniel Mackay, Ewelina Rydzewska, Laura Anne Hughes-McCormack, Angela Henderson, Sally-Ann Cooper, Kirsty Dunn, Craig Melville, Michael Fleming, Bhautesh D Jani, Joseph D Symonds, Jill Pell, Maria Truesdale, Fiona Barlow, Laura Ward, Filip Sosenko, Jenny Miller, Deborah Cairns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2022-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/9/e061636.full