OBJECTIVE: To determine the mortality among admitted @entity1 in the study centre, a pioneer @entity146 facility in the West African sub-region. DESIGN: A detailed retrospective study of the records of all @entity204 among the inpatients during the ten-year period of January, 1991 to December, 2000. SETTING: Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria; established in 1907 with present bed status of 535 and patronage from Lagos and it's environ, including the neighbouring Benin Republic. SUBJECTS: Ninety six @entity1 that died while on admission in the centre during the study period. RESULTS: A total of 96 @entity1 died over the ten-year period, giving an annual rate of 9.6. The age range was 14-87 years, and mean of 44.4 (SD +/- 16.8) years. The male: female ratio was 1:1.6. @entity161 (26%) and @entity308 (25%) constituted the main @entity146 diagnoses at the time of admission among the cohort. The commonest cause of @entity204 included @entity281 , most especially @entity311 and @entity295 (44% of the cohort). CONCLUSION: It is concluded that the major @entity914 , @entity161 and @entity308 continue to constitute the highest psychopathologies diagnosed @entity146 mortality study. Finally, @entity281 still continue to play leading role as major causes of @entity204 in the West African sub-region.

Ten-year mortality review in a pioneer XXXX hospital in West Africa.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression', 'major depression'] @entity295 :: ('MESH:D018805', 'Disease') :: ['septicaemia'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric'] @entity914 :: ('MESH:D011618', 'Disease') :: ['psychotic disorders'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infections/infestations'] @entity161 :: ('MESH:D012559', 'Disease') :: ['schizophrenia', 'Schizophrenia'] @entity311 :: ('MESH:D008288', 'Disease') :: ['malaria'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death', 'deaths']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['psychiatric']
