Description of exposed and unexposed cohorts.

1<p>Expressed as the number who ever had a prescription over the 6 months.</p>2<p>All available records of subjects were searched for information on substance use.</p>3<p>Percentage of women who consumed >14 units of alcohol/week, and men who consumed >21 units/week.</p>4<p>2% of the exposed and 3% of the unexposed did not have data on deprivation.</p

Kaplan-Meier survival probabilities in exposed and unexposed groups after cancer death/index date.

<p>Kaplan-Meier survival probabilities in exposed and unexposed groups after cancer death/index date.</p

Mortality, incident^# prescriptions for psychotropic medication and consultations with GP after cancer death/index date.

#<p>new courses, not prescribed in the 6 months before the death/index date.</p>*<p>Reference group unexposed.</p>1 5<p>Adjusted for age, gender, number of non-psychotropic prescriptions 6 months prior to cancer death/index date, use of psychotropic medication 6 months prior to cancer death/index date, smoking, alcohol and area deprivation score.</p>2 3 4<p>Adjusted for age, gender number of non-psychotropic prescriptions 6 months prior to cancer death/index date, smoking, alcohol and area deprivation score.</p

Crude mortality rates within 10 year age bands for the exposed cohort stratified by gender after cancer death.

<p>Crude mortality rates within 10 year age bands for the exposed cohort stratified by gender after cancer death.</p

Prescription of psychotropic medication and consultations with GP over 6 months before cancer death/index date.

*<p>Reference group unexposed.</p>#<p>Adjusted for age, gender, number of non-psychotropic prescriptions, smoking, alcohol and deprivation score.</p