Suicide of cancer patients: issues of detection, registration and accounting

Discusses the identification, registration and recording of suicides of cancer patients. The author proposes a model of identifying cases of suicide, by comparing the data of the cancer register and information about suicides. This technique has significantly increased the number of detected cases of suicide. The proportion of cancer patients in the total mass of suicides was 1.05-1.33%. It is established that the average age was 66.8 years. Sexual distribution -male: female - 4: 1. The conclusion about the effectiveness of the proposed model.