Fig. 2

Suicide among cancer patients as a function of age group. a The y-axis depicts the absolute number of suicides and the x-axis depicts the age group at time of diagnosis. The colors depict the disease sites. The majority of suicides are in patients diagnosed at an older age (i.e. 50–80-year-olds), and the plurality of suicides s occurs in patients diagnosed with prostate, lung, and colorectal cancer. b The y-axis depicts the relative number of suicides compared to all cancer patients, and the x-axis depicts the age group at time of diagnosis. The colors depict the disease sites. For younger patients (i.e. <50), the plurality of suicides is seen in lymphoma patients. In contrast, among older adults (i.e. >50) the plurality of suicides occurs in patients with cancer of the prostate, lung, colorectum, and bladder