Incidence and Risk of Suicide Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer in Rural, Urban, and Metropolitan Areas.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) are known to be at increased risk of suicide compared with the general population, but there has been insufficient research on whether this risk differs based on patients' rural, urban, or metropolitan residence status.

Objective

To evaluate whether the risk of suicide among patients with HNC differs by rural vs urban or metropolitan residence status.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study uses data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database on patients aged 18 to 74 years who received a diagnosis of HNC from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2016. Statistical analysis was conducted from November 27, 2020, to June 3, 2021.

Exposures

Residence status, assessed using 2013

SUBMITTER: Osazuwa-Peters N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8304170 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature