{"id":7969,"date":"2019-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/news-releases\/study-finds-adults-with-developmental-disabilities-at-risk-for-dying-prematurely-at-a-rate-nearly-four-times-higher-than-those-without-developmental-disabilities\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:14:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T22:14:23","slug":"study-finds-adults-with-developmental-disabilities-at-risk-for-dying-prematurely-at-a-rate-nearly-four-times-higher-than-those-without-developmental-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"news_release","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/news-releases\/study-finds-adults-with-developmental-disabilities-at-risk-for-dying-prematurely-at-a-rate-nearly-four-times-higher-than-those-without-developmental-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Study finds adults with developmental disabilities at risk for dying prematurely at a rate nearly four times higher than those without developmental disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adults with developmental disabilities in Ontario are nearly four times more likely to die before the age of 75 compared to adults without developmental disabilities, according to a new report by researchers at ICES<\/strong>, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). In fact, adults with developmental disabilities <\/strong>continue to consistently have poorer health outcomes across the board when compared to other adults.<\/p>\n

The report entitled “Addressing Gaps in the Healthcare Services Used by Adults with Developmental Disabilities in Ontario” found that during the six-year study period (2010 to 2016), 6.1 per cent of adults with developmental disabilities compared to 1.6 per cent of adults without developmental disabilities died prematurely. <\/p>\n

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“This report highlights that the healthcare needs of people with developmental disabilities are just not being met. We need an integrated healthcare approach that can bridge silos of care, between hospital and community, and between different sectors. To patients and families, these numbers are scary and heartbreaking,” says Yona Lunsky<\/a>, co-author of the study, director of the Healthcare Access Research and Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD) research program at CAMH, director of CAMH’s Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre and adjunct scientist at ICES. <\/p>\n

The researchers looked at the health records for nearly 65,000 Ontarians under the age of 65 with developmental disabilities including Down syndrome and autism. <\/p>\n

“We found adults with developmental disabilities did worse across all five outcomes. This pattern was true regardless of age, sex, the wealth or poverty of the neighbourhood where they lived, or the kind of developmental disability they had,” says lead author Elizabeth Lin<\/a>, CAMH scientist and adjunct scientist at ICES. <\/p>\n

Other key findings for adults with developmental disabilities during the six-year study include:<\/p>\n