Table 1. Number, SMR and median time to suicide in the four most common types of non-cutaneous cancer.
| No. of suicide cases | SMRa (95%CI) | Time to suicide (Median; 95%CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole cancer cases | 6,661 | 1.57 (1.53–1.61) | 33 months (31.75–34.25) | |
| lung cancer patients | 739 | 4.17 (3.87–4.48) | 7 (6.14–7.86) | P < 0.001 |
| CRC | 724 | 1.41 (1.31–1.52) | 37 (33.51–40.49) | |
| Breast cancer | 463 | 1.40 (1.27–1.53) | 52 (45.79–58.21) | |
| Prostate cancer | 1,624 | 1.18 (1.12–1.24) | 56 (53–59) | |
a
Age, sex, race and year of diagnosis-adjusted calculated from Kaplan-Meier method