Table 3.
Cancer site-specific suicide rates according to time since diagnosis
| <2 months | 2 months - <1 year | 1 year - <5 years | 5+ years | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suicides | SMR (95% CI) | Suicides per 100,000 person- years |
Suicides | SMR (95% CI) | Suicides per 100,000 person- years |
Suicides | SMR (95% CI) | Suicides per 100,000 person- years |
Suicides | SMR (95% CI) | Suicides per 100,000 person- years |
|
| Overall | 114 | 5.16 (4.26, 6.20) | 87.70 | 261 | 3.17 (2.80, 3.58) | 53.62 | 341 | 1.59 (1.43, 1.77) | 27.02 | 165 | 1.16 (0.99, 1.35) | 20.37 |
| Esophagus | 19 | 12.53 (7.54, 19.56) | 283.33 | 45 | 9.16 (6.68, 12.26) | 208.81 | 20 | 2.64 (1.61, 4.07) | 61.07 | 4 | 1.15 (0.31, 2.94) | 27.57 |
| Colon | 19 | 2.36 (1.42, 3.69) | 38.08 | 56 | 1.63 (1.23, 2.12) | 26.43 | 142 | 1.32 (1.11, 1.55) | 21.79 | 94 | 1.21 (0.97, 1.48) | 20.84 |
| Rectum and rectosigmoid junction | 12 | 3.14 (1.62, 5.48) | 55.29 | 44 | 2.61 (1.90, 3.51) | 46.13 | 83 | 1.57 (1.25, 1.94) | 28.05 | 46 | 1.19 (0.87, 1.59) | 22.23 |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile duct | 6 | 2.76 (1.01, 6.00) | 52.43 | 18 | 2.85 (1.69, 4.51) | 53.86 | 18 | 1.81 (1.07, 2.85) | 33.20 | 5 | 1.44 (0.47, 3.36) | 25.59 |
| Pancreas | 26 | 9.72 (6.35, 14.25) | 157.74 | 48 | 7.31 (5.39, 9.70) | 118.92 | 17 | 2.65 (1.54, 4.24) | 43.42 | 2 | 1.02 (0.12, 3.68) | 16.53 |
| Stomach | 17 | 8.37 (4.88, 13.40) | 148.76 | 31 | 4.61 (3.13, 6.55) | 81.00 | 28 | 2.18 (1.45, 3.15) | 37.01 | 5 | 0.72 (0.23, 1.69) | 12.31 |
| Othera | 15 | 8.32 (4.65, 13.71) | 121.54 | 19 | 2.84 (1.71, 4.44) | 41.42 | 33 | 1.98 (1.36, 2.78) | 29.29 | 9 | 0.88 (0.40, 1.67) | 13.77 |
a
Other includes small intestine, anus, anal canal and anorectum, gallbladder, other biliary, retroperitoneum, peritoneum, omentum, and mesentery, and other digestive organs