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. 2006 Aug 15;95(5):593–600. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603305

Table 2. Associations of individual demographic, disease-related and area of residence with place of death for patients who died from Breast, lung, colorectal or prostate cancer between 1998 and 2002 in South East England.

  Acute hospital
Home
Hospice
Nursing home
 
  Number % % Adj Number % % Adj Number % % Adj Number % % Adj Total
Age group
 <65 8756 45 45 5085 26 26 4578 23 23 411 2 2 19 521
 65-74 10 018 48 46 4963 24 24 4454 21 22 1146 5 5 21 058
 75-84 10 790 50 48 4180 20 21 3727 17 19 2263 11 10 21 377
 85+ 3975 54 50 1206 16 18 853 11 13 1258 17 14 7423
                           
 Test for χ2 (1 df) 219.0 55.6   421.17 213.1   553.8 268.8   2016.8 1293.1  
 Trend P <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001  
                           
Sex
 Male 18 074 49 49 8369 23 23 7068 19 19 2305 6 6 36 629
 Female 15 465 47 47 7065 22 22 6544 20 20 2773 8 10 32 750
                           
 Test for χ2 (1 df) 31.2 24.0   16.3 10.0   5.2 5.7   119.7 122.8  
 Heterogeneity P <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 0.002   0.023 0.017   <0.001 <0.001  
                           
Basis of diagnosis
 Clinical 8462 56 56 2755 18 18 1977 13 13 1472 10 10 15 002
 Microscopic 25 077 46 49 12 679 23 21 11 635 21 18 3606 7 9 54 377
                           
 Test for χ2 (1 df) 495.0 192.4   165.9 56.3   493.1 159.9   173.2 6.5  
 Heterogeneity P <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 0.011  
                           
Site
 Colorectal 7528 45 45 3799 23 23 3564 21 21 1370 8 8 16 714
 Lung 15 992 53 54 6833 23 22 5429 18 18 1460 5 5 30 306
 Breast 5853 45 51 2821 22 19 2722 21 18 1184 9 10 13 026
 Prostate 4166 45 44 1981 21 20 1897 20 22 1064 11 12 9333
                           
 Test for χ2 (3 df) 421.7 326.2   12.1 50.3   102.9 106.7   565.1 315.6  
 Heterogeneity P <0.001 <0.001   0.007 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001  
                           
Had noninvestigative surgery
 No 24 850 50 50 10 836 22 22 9110 18 18 3646 7 7 49 630
 Yes 8689 44 50 4598 23 22 4502 23 20 1432 7 7 19 749
                           
 Test for χ2 (1 df) 208.3 1.1   17.1 0.1   176.0 12.1   0.2 0.9  
 Heterogeneity P <0.001 0.300   <0.001 0.792   <0.001 0.001   0.663 0.341  
                           
Had radiotherapy
 No 25 031 51 51 10 122 21 21 8981 18 18 3937 8 8 49 142
 Yes 8508 42 41 5312 26 25 4631 23 23 1141 6 8 20 237
                           
 Test for χ2 (1 df) 452.2 525.8   263.5 143.1   192.3 162.9   117.8 2.4  
 Heterogeneity P <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0. 001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 0.122  
                           
Had chemotherapy
 No 27 748 49 49 11 977 21 21 10 409 19 19 4764 8 8 56 216
 Yes 5791 44 47 3457 26 23 3203 24 20 314 2 5 13 163
                           
 Test for χ2 (1 df) 122.7 25.4   150.9 25.9   227.3 24.1   508.2 97.0  
 Heterogeneity P <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001  
                           
Had hormone therapy
 No 27 739 50 50 12 320 22 22 10 839 19 19 3655 7 7 55 958
 Yes 5800 43 46 3114 23 25 2773 21 20 1423 11 7 13 421
                           
 Test for χ2 (1 df) 174.6 28.8   8.8 21.9   11.5 2.3   259.4 8.9  
 Heterogeneity P <0.001 <0.001   0.003 <0.001   0.001 0.130   <0.001 0.003  
                           
Network of residence
 North East London 3946 56 56 1353 19 19 1346 19 19 347 5 5 7080
 North London 3314 54 55 1224 20 19 1173 19 20 261 4 4 6128
 South East London 3533 49 49 1697 24 23 1549 22 22 328 5 5 7204
 South West London 2899 49 51 1111 19 17 1472 25 27 313 5 5 5886
 West London 3988 58 60 1391 20 19 693 10 10 417 6 6 6829
 TCR part of Mount Vernon 2459 50 53 1415 29 26 488 10 11 458 9 9 4924
 South Essex 2121 52 54 1165 29 27 415 10 11 338 8 8 4067
 Kent & Medway 3663 42 42 2139 24 23 2186 25 26 688 8 7 8793
 Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire 2688 43 48 1232 20 16 1771 28 31 349 6 5 6262
 Sussex 2642 38 39 1515 22 20 1625 23 25 1046 15 13 7001
 TCR part of Central South Coast 327 25 25 249 19 18 367 28 32 150 12 10 1301
 TCR part of Mid Anglia 1734 52 53 791 24 22 473 14 15 328 10 9 3360
 TCR part of West Anglia 201 41 45 140 28 24 48 10 11 48 10 9 492
 Other/NK 24 46 55 12 23 21 6 12 6 7 13 12 52
                           
 Test for χ2 (12 df) 1361.2 1219.7   399.9 401.8   1613.5 1687.6   943.1 690.8  
 Heterogeneity P <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001  
                           
IMD
 Most affluent 1 5020 42 42 2926 25 25 2458 21 21 896 8 8 11 850
 2 5965 46 45 3106 24 23 2449 19 21 1125 9 8 13 071
 3 6754 48 47 3177 23 22 2620 19 22 1099 8 7 13 936
 4 7692 51 48 3235 21 20 2891 19 24 1123 7 7 15 181
 Least affluent 5 8105 53 49 2988 19 18 3190 21 25 834 5 7 15 330
 NK 3 27 23 2 18 17 4 36 72 1 9 5 11
                           
 Test for χ2 (1 df) 362.7 92.2   132.4 152.0   0.8 58.9   67.5 4.5  
 Trend P <0.001 <0.001   <0.001 <0.001   0.387 <0.001   <0.001 0.035  

Adjusted model includes: age, sex, basis of diagnosis, site, treatment (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or hormone therapy), cancer network of residence and deprivation.