Table 3. Proportion of decedents who died at home in 5-year period following 1991 Census for cancer compared to other deaths by individual and household characteristics in 1991a.

	Cancer deaths		Other deaths		All deaths
1991 characteristics	No. of deaths	% occurring at home	No. of deaths	% occurring at home	No. of deaths	% occurring at home
Male	3400	30.5	8216	25.7	11616	27.1
Female	2922	24.6	8424	21.1	11346	22.0
50–59 years	837	36.1	1153	29.1	1990	32.0
60–69 years	1967	31.9	3279	29.9	5246	30.7
70–79 years	2345	26.1	6275	24.1	8620	24.6
80+ years	1173	18.5	5933	17.9	7106	18.0
Lives alone	1919	15.4	6311	20.8	8230	19.5
Lives with spouse with no long-term illness	2523	36.1	4974	25.5	7497	29.1
Lives with spouse with long-term illness	1227	30.3	2954	24.7	4181	26.3
Lives with other with no long-term illness	507	29.4	1801	24.2	2308	25.4
Lives with other with long-term illness	146	21.2	600	23.5	746	23.1
Primary coresident employed FT	762	35.6	1507	26.2	2269	29.4
Primary coresident not employed FT	3641	32.7	8822	24.7	12463	27.1
Other adult in household	935	37.0	2437	25.0	3372	28.4
No other adult in household	5387	26.2	3278	23.1	4689	23.9
Child aged <18 years in household	229	38.4	563	23.6	792	27.9
No child <18 years in household	6093	27.4	16077	23.4	22170	24.5
Owner occupier	3809	30.7	9529	24.7	13338	26.4
Tenant	2513	23.3	7111	21.6	9624	22.1
Carstairs quintile (1–3)	2824	29.9	7470	24.3	10294	25.8
Carstairs quintile (4–5)	3498	26.1	9170	22.6	12668	23.6
All	6322	27.8	16640	23.4	22962	24.6

^aThis analysis excludes those in communal establishments in 1991.