Table 1b.

Characteristics of responding physicians

	Deaths
	N	Weighted %
	1407	100.0
Sex of physician
Female	772	54.9
Male	626	44.4
Missing values	9	0.7
Age of physician
under 40	541	40.9
40 to 49	298	19.7
50 to 59	285	19.6
60 or over	271	18.9
Missing values	12	0.8
Medical specialty
General practitioner	719	50.7
Other specialty	664	47.4
Missing values	24	1.8
Working context
Hospital, clinic, care home	893	63.7
Independent practice	454	31.5
Hospital at home	37	2.8
Independent and hospital	8	0.7
Mixed structure	5	0.6
Missing values	10	0.7
Training in end-of-life care
No	820	59.5
Yes, graduate training	350	24.6
Yes, in-post-graduate training	223	15.0
Missing values	14	1.0