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Category: Learning disability

4th December 201914th August 2021Immo Weichert

People with learning disability and comorbidities experience lower life expectancy

People with learning disability and comorbidities experience lower life expectancy

This is an Australian study that analysed mortality in more than 42000 people with learning disability (LD) in New South Wales.over a 10 years period.[1] The results of the study showed that people with comorbidities are at increased risk of death. People with LD who had cancer were almost eight times more likely to die…

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