How many life years are lost in patients with rheumatoid arthritis? Secular cause‐specific and all‐cause mortality in rheumatoid arthritis, and their predictors in a long‐term Australian cohort study

Within a period of 14 years, median life expectancy of patients with RA with disease onset in the early 1990s is reduced by 6-7 years. However, our results also suggest a secular reduction in excess mortality.