Table 3.
Adjusted Odds of dying at home compared to odds of dying in other settings and 95% confidence intervals for patient characteristics from multivariable logistic regression analysis for subjects dying of cancer, heart disease, and cerebrovascular disease from 1980–2002.
| Variables | b* | Wald Chi-square statistics | P | Odds Ratios | 95% Confidence Interval |
| Intercept | -2.263 | 562139.321 | < 0.0001 | ||
| Year of death | |||||
| 1980–1984 | 1 | ||||
| 1985–1989 | -0.488 | 46346.315 | < 0.0001 | 0.614 | 0.611–0.617 |
| 1990–1994 | -0.798 | 119217.658 | < 0.0001 | 0.450 | 0.448–0.452 |
| 1995–1999 | -1.095 | 209436.362 | < 0.0001 | 0.334 | 0.333–0.336 |
| 2000–2002 | -1.334 | 209958.211 | < 0.0001 | 0.263 | 0.262–0.265 |
| Age | |||||
| Under 65 | 1 | ||||
| 65–74 | 0.263 | 8926.060 | < 0.0001 | 1.300 | 1.293–1.307 |
| 75–84 | 0.777 | 97556.695 | < 0.0001 | 2.174 | 2.164–2.185 |
| 85 or over | 1.262 | 225213.075 | < 0.0001 | 3.534 | 3.515–3.552 |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 1 | ||||
| Male | 0.075 | 2204.343 | < 0.0001 | 1.078 | 1.074–1.081 |
| Cause of death | |||||
| Cancer | 1 | ||||
| Cerebrovascular | 1.285 | 351250.089 | < 0.0001 | 3.616 | 3.600–3.631 |
| Heart disease | 1.461 | 476921.234 | < 0.0001 | 4.309 | 4.291–4.327 |
| -2log likelihood | 10113580 | ||||
| Chi-square model (df = 10) | 1467394.7 | ||||
| P | < 0.0001 | ||||
| Overall rate of correct classification | 74.0% | ||||
* Unstandardized logistic regression coefficients