What is the life expectancy of someone with bipolar disorder?

At age 15, bipolar women and men, respectively, had 10.4 and 12.8 less life expectancy than those without the disorder. By 25 years old, the differences were, respectively, 10.6 and 12. The difference in life expectancy between bipolar patients and the general public decreased with age. read more

On average, women with bipolar disorder died 9.0 years earlier (mean age, 73.4 years vs 82.4 years) than women in the general population. Men with bipolar disorder died 8.5 years earlier (mean age, 68.9 vs 77.4 years) than other men. read more

The difference in life expectancy between bipolar patients and the general public decreases with age. By the age of 35, the difference between men and women is of 9.5 and 10.5 years. By the age of 75, the difference in figures is of 3 and 2.8 years, respectively. read more