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Epidemiology of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome
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==Mortality== One study found no increased risk of all cause mortality or mortality from [[cancer]] but an increased risk of suicide. Suicide risk was increased 6.85 compared to the general population.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Roberts | first = Emmert | last2 = Wessely | first2 = Simon | last3 = Chalder | first3 = Trudie | last4 = Chang | first4 = Chin-Kuo | last5 = Hotopf | first5 = Matthew | date = Apr 2016 | title = Mortality of people with chronic fatigue syndrome: a retrospective cohort study in England and Wales from the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Biomedical Research Centre (SLaM BRC) Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) Register |url =http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01223-4/abstract|journal=The Lancet|language=English|volume=387|issue=10028 | pages = 1638β1643|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01223-4|issn=0140-6736}}</ref> It was based on a cohort that used multiple clinical criteria, including the [[Oxford criteria]]<ref>[https://jcoynester.wordpress.com/2016/02/16/bad-stats-non-sequitur-conclusions-in-lancet-chronic-fatigue-syndromesuicide-study/ Interpretive jiggery-pokery in The Lancet A tale of a convenience sample with inconvenient serious limitations.] Quick Thoughts, a blog by James Coyne, February 16, 2016</ref> which was later recommended for retirement due to the likelihood of including patients without ME/CFS. A [[Spain|Spanish]] study found a suicide risk of 12.75% versus 2.3% in the general population.<ref>{{Cite news |url =https://afectadasporlosrecortessanitarios.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/risk-of-suicide-due-to-neglect-amongst-pwme/ | title = RISK OF SUICIDE DUE TO NEGLECT AMONGST PWME | date = 2016-05-11|work=Plataforma de Afectadas por los Recortes Sanitarios - La PARS|access-date=2018-08-10|language=}}</ref> A 2006 study by [[Leonard Jason]] found that ME/CFS patients died of cancer, heart failure and [[suicide]] at considerable younger age than the general population. For example while the median age of death for cancer in the US was 72, the average age at which ME/CFS patients died of cancer was 47. And while the average age of heart failure in the general population was 83, it was only 58 in the ME/CFS sample.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Jason | first = Leonard A. | last2 = Corradi | first2 = Karina | last3 = Gress | first3 = Sara | last4 = Williams | first4 = Sarah | last5 = Torres-Harding | first5 = Susan | date = Aug 2006 | title = Causes of death among patients with chronic fatigue syndrome | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16844674|journal=Health Care for Women International|volume=27|issue=7 | pages = 615β626|doi=10.1080/07399330600803766|issn=0739-9332|pmid=16844674}}</ref> {{See also|Causes of death|Causes of death||||}}
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