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. 2024 Nov 4;7(11):e2442964.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.42964.

Suicide Deaths Among Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer

Koji Matsuo  1   2   3 , Christina J Duval  4 , Briana A Nanton  1   5 , Jennifer A Yao  1   5 , Erin Yu  1   5 , Christian Pino  1   3 , Jason D Wright  6
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Suicide Deaths Among Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer

Koji Matsuo et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This cohort study evaluates differences in suicide death rates across age groups of adolescent and young adult patients with cancer over time in the US.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Wright reported receiving grants from Merck, personal fees from UpToDate, and personal fees from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Temporal Trends Associated With Suicide Deaths Among Patients With Cancer per Age and Sex
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) was defined as 15 to 39 years; adult, 40 to 59 years; and older adult, 60 years or older. Modeled values are shown from 2000 to 2021: 4.9 to 15.4 per 1000 deaths for the AYA male patient group (P = .003 for trend); 2.3 to 7.4 for the adult male patient group (P < .001 for trend); 2.5 to 7.2 for the AYA female patient group (P < .001 for trend); 3.1 to 4.1 for the older adult male patient group (P = .001 for trend); 1.1 to 3.9 from 2000 to 2018 for the adult female patient group (P < .001 for trend), followed by a nonsignificant trend from 2018 to 2021 (P = .10 for trend); and 0.4 to 0.6 for the older adult female patient group (P = .04 for trend). When excluding deaths due to noncancer reasons, increasing temporal trends were consistent in all the groups, including the AYA male patient group (5.5-19.9 per 1000 deaths) and the AYA female patient group (2.5-8.6 per 1000 deaths). aP < .05 for trend. bP < .001 for trend (2000-2018).
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