Table 2. Adjusted hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for suicide in cancer patients in South East England 1996–2005.

Factor	Males	Females	All
Time since diagnosis (years)
0–1	2.09 (1.39–3.15)	1.14 (0.59–2.22)	1.78 (1.26–2.50)
>1	1.00	1.00	1.00
Age at diagnosis (years)
15–60	1.00	1.00	1.00
61–75	0.78 (0.24–2.59)	2.88 (0.46–18.04)	1.29 (0.47–3.54)
>75	1.24 (0.24–6.44)	1.37 (0.10–18.66)	1.57 (0.40–6.17)
Stage
1–2	1.00	1.00	1.00
3–4	0.79 (0.43–1.44)	2.41 (1.25–4.64)	1.16 (0.76–1.76)
N/K	1.38 (0.94–2.05)	1.10 (0.53–2.29)	1.31 (0.93–1.85)
Fatality of cancer
Low	1.00	1.00	1.00
High	1.76 (1.10–2.81)	1.57 (0.65–3.81)	1.87 (1.24–2.82)
Period of diagnosis
1996–1999	1.00	1.00	1.00
2000–2002	0.98 (0.64–1.49)	0.96 (0.50–1.83)	1.00 (0.70–1.42)
2003–2005	1.10 (0.66–1.85)	1.07 (0.44–2.57)	1.12 (0.72–1.75)
IMD 2004 quintile
1–2	1.00	1.00	1.00
3	1.07 (0.65–1.75)	1.76 (0.84–3.70)	1.24 (0.82–1.87)
4–5	1.06 (0.71–1.60)	1.45 (0.75–2.82)	1.17 (0.83–1.65)