Mortality from SUD in schizophrenia

In the study, 10,286 (24.8%) people with schizophrenia had one type of substance use disorder and 8,275 (20.0%) had two or more types.¹ Substance use disorders were recorded in more than one register in 10,528 (56.7%) of 18,561 individuals with schizophrenia.¹

Reference:
1. Hjorthøj C, Østergaard ML, Benros ME, et al. Association between alcohol and substance use disorders and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and unipolar depression: a nationwide, prospective, register-based study. Lancet Psychiatry 2015; 2: 801–808.