JUVENILE MORTALITY, MENTAL DISTURBANCES AND CRIMINALITY - A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY OF THE NORTHERN FINLAND 1966 BIRTH COHORT

Mortality, criminality and mental illness among young adults were stud ied in an unselected birth cohort of 12058 children born live in North ern Finland during 1966. The cohort members were followed up to the ag e of 27 years. The total number of all deaths was 117, and 79.5% of th ese deaths were from unnatural causes. The mortality of males was more than threefold higher than that of females. There Ras a significantly higher mortality risk in men with schizophrenia (OR, 9.31; 95% CI, 3. 14-25.53), other psychoses (OR, 10.28; 95% CI, 2.40-37.02), personalit y disorders (OR, 4.28; 95% CI, 1.04-14.67) and combined personality di sorders and criminality (OR, 3.27, 95% CI: 0.99-9.59). In the group of major mental disorders, 75% of deaths were suicides.