Avoidable mortality, clinical outcomes and determinants of premature death among adults with severe or profound intellectual disability: A population-based analysis of mortality data in England

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by Michael Kwan Leung Yu, Rory Sheehan, Nicholas Magill, Adam White, Lili Bokor, Jonathon Ding, Irene Tuffrey-Wijne, Umesh Chauhan, André Strydom Background Adults with intellectual disabilities experience significantly worse health outcomes and die younger than people without intellectual disability. People with severe or profound intellectual disability have particularly complex health needs.

However, no large-scale population-based studies have specifically examined mortality patterns and factors associated with age at death in this group. Methods and findings This population-based study used data from the English…

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Primary source: PLOS Medicine · August 17, 2026

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