Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and controls.
| Institutional death (patients) (n = 2871, [%]) | Home death (controls) (n = 1221, [%]) | |
| Sex: | ||
| Male | 1490 (52) | 655 (54) |
| Female | 1381 (48) | 566 (46) |
| Age at death (years): | ||
| 18–39 | 35 (1) | 12 (1) |
| 40–65 | 717 (25) | 349 (29) |
| >65 | 2119 (74) | 860 (70) |
| Marital status: | ||
| Married | 1882 (66) | 916 (75) |
| Widowed, divorced or single | 989 (34) | 305 (25) |
| Children: | ||
| 0 | 1353 (47) | 505 (41) |
| ≥1 | 1518 (53) | 716 (59) |
| Primary cancer: | ||
| Lung | 609 (21) | 277 (23) |
| Colon/rectum | 273 (10) | 133 (11) |
| Breast | 205 (7) | 117 (10) |
| Prostate | 175 (6) | 90 (7) |
| Haematological | 109 (4) | 20 (1) |
| Others | 1500 (52) | 584 (48) |
| Time of diagnosis to death: | ||
| > 1 month | 2253 (78) | 1117 (91) |
| < 1 month | 618 (22) | 104 (9) |
| Geographic area: | ||
| Urban | 2209 (77) | 956 (78) |
| Rural | 662 (23) | 265 (22) |
| Nationality: | ||
| Danish | 2850 (99) | 1208 (99) |
| Other | 21 (1) | 13 (1) |