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ADHD Reduces Life Expectancy by 7 to 9 Years: New Study

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January 24, 2025Life expectancy for people with ADHD is 7.5 years shorter than it is for those without the condition, according to a new U.K.

study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry1.This study is the first of its kind to examine the life expectancy of adults with ADHD using mortality data from a large population.

It examined the health records of more than 9.5 million people from the IQVIA Medical Research Database and used the life-table method to compare the mortality rates of 30,039 people diagnosed with ADHD to 300,390 people without ADHD.“Adults with diagnosed ADHD are living shorter lives than they should,” the researchers wrote. “We believe that is likely caused by modifiable risk factors and unmet support and treatment needs in terms of both ADHD and co-occurring mental and physical health conditions.”Study participants with ADHD were more likely than members of the general population to have co-occurring conditions like autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, depression, and personality disorder — a finding that supports existing research on ADHD’s high comorbidity rate.

The U.K. study did not examine the causes of death associated with ADHD or the level of treatment that patients received for ADHD or comorbid conditions.Women with ADHD die 8.6 years younger than women without ADHD, while the life expectancy of men with ADHD is 6.8 years shorter than that of their peers, the study found.“[This] is sort of the inverse of what we would’ve expected given that males engage in more risk-taking, especially males with ADHD, than females, and we know that accidental injuries are one of the biggest causes of early mortality in individuals with ADHD,” said Russell Barkley, Ph.D., a clinical scientist, educator,.

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