Suicide rates among patients with cancers of the digestive system.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous studies have suggested that suicide rates are elevated among cancer patients relative to the general population. In this analysis, we comprehensively evaluated characteristics associated with higher suicide rates among patients with cancers of the digestive system.

Methods

Using the United States Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, we identified all patients diagnosed with digestive system cancers during 2000 to 2014. Patients were classified as having died of suicide if their cause of death in Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results was listed as "suicide and self-inflicted injury." Suicide rates were compared to age-, sex-, and race-adjusted rates in the general population.

Results

A total of 881 suicides were identified amon

SUBMITTER: Anderson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6584762 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature