In Stockholm County, Sweden, from 1973 to 1995 Osby
et al. (2000) studied mortality for all patients with a first
hospital diagnosis of schizophrenia. The authors found
increased mortality in male and female schizophrenics with
a natural cause of death being the main reason for excess
death. In accordance with findings from other studies, the
authors found cardiovascular disease the largest single
cause of death (Brown 1997; Mortensen & Juel 1993).