Suicide rates twice as high among patients with terminal cancers, heart disease and COPD

Suicide rates twice as high among patients with terminal cancers, heart disease and COPD Terminally-ill Britons are twice as likely to commit suicide as healthy people, official data shows.

A first of its kind analysis by the Office for National Statistics found the risk spikes sharply after the devastating blow of a diagnosis but slows over time. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Suicides among people diagnosed with severe health conditions, England: 2017 to 2020 Office for National Statistics