Incidence of Suicide and Accidental Death Among Patients with
Ovarian Cancer
A total of 107 suicidal and 373 accidental deaths occurred among 149,204
patients with ovarian cancer, followed by 768,840.17 person-years
(Table.1 ). The suicide rate was 13.92/100,000 person-years and
the accidental death rate was 48.51/100,000 person-years among ovarian
cancer patients. Women with ovarian cancer had an 86% higher risk of
suicidal death (SMR=1.86; 95% CI [1.54-2.25]) and 54% higher risk
of accidental death (SMR=1.54; 95% CI [1.39-1.71]) than the general
US population with the same distribution of age, sex, and race. The
number of suicide and accidental deaths among patients with ovarian
cancer ranks second in patients with gynaecologic cancers, between
uterine cancer and cervical cancer. From 1973 to 2017, the relative
number of suicide and accidental deaths decreased gradually in patients
with uterine cancer and unchanged among patients with cervical cancer,
while the relative number of suicide and accidental deaths remained
elevated among patients with ovarian cancer (Supplementary
Figure.2 ).