BMJ  2003;327 (12 July), doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7406.0-b

Homeless people are more likely to die early

Homeless people staying in hostels, particularly young women, are more likely than the general population to die early. Nordentoft and Wandall-Holm (p 81) studied two samples of homeless people staying in hostels in Copenhagen in 1991. Ten years later they found that homeless people were four times more likely to die early than people in the general Danish population. Mortality was especially high in homeless people aged 15 to 34 years. Predictors of early death were short stay in the hostel; adverse childhood experiences, particularly the death of the father; and misuse of alcohol and sedatives.

Credit: FRANCIS DEAN/REX


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10 year follow up study of mortality among users of hostels for homeless people in Copenhagen
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