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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

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.…

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