Table 1 Standardized mortality ratios of suicide among cancer patients
Demographic summary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Totala (%) | Suicidesa (%) | Suicides per 100,000 Person-yearsa | SMR (95% CI)b | |
Age group | ||||
≤39 | 539,154 (6.2) | 898 (6.7) | 17.43 | 37.24 (34.24, 40.44) |
40–49 | 758,700 (8.8) | 1133 (8.5) | 19.07 | 18.05 (16.63, 19.55) |
50–59 | 1,551,015 (17.9) | 2221 (16.7) | 22.05 | 8.41 (7.91, 8.94) |
60–69 | 2,229,252 (25.8) | 3750 (28.2) | 30.11 | 4.17 (3.98, 4.38) |
70–79 | 2,171,816 (25.1) | 3703 (27.8) | 38.98 | 2.75 (2.62, 2.90) |
80+ | 1,401,632 (16.2) | 1606 (12.1) | 46.46 | 2.40 (2.19, 2.62) |
Sex | ||||
Female | 4,210,976 (48.7) | 2269 (17.0) | 9.22 | 9.03 (8.50, 9.59) |
Male | 4,440,593 (51.3) | 11042 (83.0) | 50.28 | 3.98 (3.87, 4.10) |
Race | ||||
White | 7,194,990 (83.2) | 12258 (92.1) | 30.99 | 4.33 (4.21, 4.44) |
Black | 847,121 (9.8) | 430 (3.2) | 11.28 | 4.55 (3.93, 5.24) |
Other | 530,704 (6.1) | 532 (4.0) | 19.00 | 10.72 (9.39, 12.19) |
Unknown | 78,754 (0.9) | 91 (0.7) | 22.09 | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 4,788,231 (55.3) | 7371 (55.4) | 25.61 | 3.74 (3.61, 3.86) |
Unmarried | 3,304,820 (38.2) | 4933 (37.1) | 33.13 | 6.43 (6.15, 6.71) |
Unknown | 558,518 (6.5) | 1007 (7.6) | 34.77 | 4.43 (4.00, 4.90) |
Stage | ||||
Distant | 1,682,112 (19.4) | 1753 (13.2) | 53.14 | 13.19 (12.18, 14.26) |
Regional | 2,475,922 (28.6) | 4023 (30.2) | 27.69 | 5.23 (4.97, 5.49) |
Localized | 2,800,293 (32.4) | 3999 (30.0) | 18.65 | 4.11 (3.92, 4.30) |
Unstaged/unknown | 1,693,242 (19.6) | 3536 (26.6) | 48.41 | 3.48 (3.32, 3.64) |
Year of diagnosis | ||||
1973–1980 | 543,876 (6.3) | 1350 (10.1) | 30.44 | 3.43 (3.23, 3.65) |
1981–1990 | 905,001 (10.5) | 2511 (18.9) | 34.41 | 3.71 (3.54, 3.88) |
1991–2000 | 173,5021 (20.1) | 3584 (26.9) | 26.82 | 4.25 (4.05, 4.46) |
2001–2010 | 3,814,905 (44.1) | 4924 (37.0) | 25.73 | 8.81 (8.30, 9.35) |
2011–2014 | 1,652,766 (19.1) | 942 (7.1) | 40.19 | 36.91 (31.91, 42.47) |
Surgery | ||||
Yes | 5,017,756 (58.0) | 7766 (58.3) | 21.74 | 3.98 (3.85, 4.11) |
No | 3,399,898 (39.3) | 5106 (38.4) | 49.28 | 5.66 (5.41, 5.91) |
Unknown | 233,915 (2.7) | 439 (3.3) | 89.49 | 4.36 (3.54, 5.32) |
All patients | 8,651,569 | 13311 | 28.58 | 4.44 (4.33, 4.55) |
