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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2016 Mar-Apr;43(2):152–157. doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000188

TABLE 2.

Incidence of Suicide Among Patients With Bladder Cancer by Intervention and Stage

Variable Suicide, n Person-Years Suicide Rate per 100,000 Person-Years SMRa 95% CI
Intervention
 Cystectomy 39 80,062 49 3.54 2.70–4.54
 No cystectomy 400 1,093,986 37 2.66 1.95–3.54
Stage
 Localized 318 1,013,265 31 2.28 1.65–3.11
 Regional 106 130,529 81 5.90 4.80–7.24
 Distant 7 6,147 114 8.28 6.90–9.79

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SMR, standardized mortality ratio.

a

Compared to suicide rates of the United States according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) (1999–2010).