Table 1.

Deaths due to suicide among patients with cancer—standardized mortality ratios (SMR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) by sex, age group, and time since diagnosis.

	Overall			Men			Women
	Observed	Expected	SMR (95% CI)	Observed	Expected	SMR (95% CI)	Observed	Expected	SMR (95% CI)
All cancers *	830	620	1.34 (1.25–1.43)	683	521	1.31 (1.21–1.41)	147	99	1.49 (1.26–1.75)
Age at suicide group [years]
[15, 45)	45	36	1.24 (0.91–1.66)	36	30	1.18 (0.83–1.64)	9	6	1.57 (0.72–2.98)
[45, 55)	86	67	1.28 (1.03–1.58)	63	51	1.24 (0.95–1.59)	23	16	1.42 (0.90–2.12)
[55, 65)	210	205	1.03 (0.89–1.17)	159	169	0.94 (0.80–1.10)	51	36	1.43 (1.06–1.88)
[65, 75)	271	179	1.51 (1.34–1.70)	230	156	1.47 (1.29–1.68)	41	23	1.75 (1.26–2.38)
[75, 99]	218	133	1.64 (1.43–1.87)	195	115	1.70 (1.47–1.95)	23	18	1.28 (0.81–1.93)
Time since diagnosis [years]
[0.0, 0.5)	220	114	1.94 (1.69–2.21)	184	98	1.88 (1.61–2.17)	36	16	2.33 (1.63–3.22)
[0.5, 1.0)	122	87	1.41 (1.17–1.68)	94	74	1.27 (1.03–1.56)	28	13	2.23 (1.48–3.22)
[1.0, 2.0)	154	127	1.21 (1.03–1.42)	127	108	1.18 (0.98–1.40)	27	20	1.37 (0.90–1.99)
[2.0, 3.0)	91	91	1.00 (0.81–1.23)	74	76	0.97 (0.76–1.22)	17	15	1.13 (0.66–1.81)
[3.0, 5.0)	135	116	1.16 (0.97–1.37)	112	96	1.17 (0.96–1.40)	23	20	1.13 (0.72–1.70)
[5.0, 10.0]	105	86	1.23 (1.00–1.49)	90	70	1.29 (1.04–1.59)	15	16	0.95 (0.53–1.56)

* All primary malignant neoplasms except non-melanoma skin cancers (C00–C43, C45–C76, and C80–C96 according to the ICD-10).