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Prevention of Premature Mortality Among Patients with Schizophrenia: The Need for Primary Prevention Efforts in Cardiovascular Disease
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2014
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Patients with schizophrenia have a markedly reduced lifespan compared with the general population. In the United States today, patients with schizophrenia have an average life expectancy of ∼61 years, about 20% lower than that of the general population, in which life expectancy is ∼76 years.
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