Danish Study Links ADHD with Increased Mortality Rate
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alexandrenunes/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A new study conducted in Demark has linked ADHD to a higher risk of accidental deaths.
According to the study, published in the Lancet journal, researchers used Danish national registers to follow 1.92 million individuals, including 32,061 with ADHD, from the time of their first birthday through 2013. In that time, 5,580 of the individuals followed in the study died.
Researchers say that the death rate per 10,000 person-years was 5.85 percent among those with ADHD and just 2.21 percent in those without the disorder. Accidents were the most common cause of death.
Individuals whose ADHD was not diagnosed until after the age of 18 were at the highest rate of accidental death, the study showed.
The study included a solely Danish population, meaning its results may not be applicable to other populations.
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