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All Icelanders born during 1895-1897 who were alive in Iceland on December 1, 1910 were chosen for the study. The life history was obtained on 99.4% of the 5395 probands. The suicidal risk up to the age of 61 is estimated at 1.51% for men and 0.80% for women. The expectancy of psychoses up to the age of 61 years is estimated at 4.73% for men and at 6.90% for women, for neuroses the expectancy is 9-10% for men and at 17-19% for women, with alcoholism and drug addiction it is estimated at 9.91% and 0.97% respectively. The expectancy of intellectual subnormality in males is 3.08-4.07% and 3.17-3.68% in females, while in psychopathic personality it is 3.74-5.02% and 3.45-4.09%. There is no significant difference between the expectancy of mental disorders in Denmark (Bornholm) and Iceland, if the expectancy is estimated in the same way for comparable age groups and for comparable diagnostic groups in both countries. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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