TABLE 2.
Estimates of the Association Between Cancer Diagnosis and Suicidal Death in Bivariate Models to Identify Potential Operational Confounders
| Patients With Cancer vs Noncancer Controls |
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|---|---|---|
| Potential Confounder | HR | 95% CI |
| Primary analysis | 1.34 | 1.22–1.48 |
| Age | 1.34 | 1.22–1.48 |
| Sex | 1.25 | 1.13–1.37 |
| PUG score | 1.35 | 1.22–1.48 |
| Income quintile | 1.35 | 1.23–1.48 |
| ADG comorbidity score | 1.31 | 1.19–1.44 |
| Rurality | 1.34 | 1.22–1.47 |
| Geographic region | 1.34 | 1.22–1.48 |
| Year of diagnosis | 1.32 | 1.20–1.45 |
Abbreviations: ADG, Aggregated Diagnosis Group; HR, hazard ratio; PUG, psychiatric utilization gradient.