Table 1.

Characteristics of Decedent Nursing Home Residents, CY2003–2007

	Nursing Home Deaths		Hospital Deaths		All Other Deaths		Total Deaths	p-value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
Characteristics	1,752,621	69.26	517,186	20.44	260,567	10.30	2,530,374
Year of death
2003	349,759	70.13	102,619	20.58	46,338	9.29	498,716	<.0001
2004	364,986	69.86	107,129	20.50	50,350	9.64	522,465
2005	369,957	69.16	109,601	20.49	55,333	10.34	534,891
2006	347,132	68.93	102,419	20.34	54,061	10.73	503,612
2007	320,787	68.15	95,418	20.27	54,485	11.58	470,690
Demographic characteristics
Age at death								<.0001
Younger than 65	53,383	58.81	25,397	27.98	11,993	13.21	90,773
65 – 74	168,287	61.36	70,227	25.61	35,726	13.03	274,240
75 – 84	470,025	65.62	165,134	23.05	81,139	11.33	716,298
85+	1,060,926	73.21	256,428	17.70	131,709	9.09	1,449,063
Gender								<.0001
Male	605,610	66.10	205,632	22.44	104,975	11.46	916,217
Female	1,147,011	71.06	311,554	19.30	155,592	9.64	1,614,157
Race/ethnicity								<.0001
White	1,560,447	70.43	431,737	19.49	223,459	10.09	2,215,643
Black	128,242	60.76	59,204	28.05	23,601	11.18	211,047
Hispanic	36,397	59.24	16,683	27.15	8,365	13.61	61,445
Other	27,535	65.19	9,562	22.64	5,142	12.17	42,239
Health characteristics								<.0001
Residency type
Custodial care	1,159,709	74.47	270,145	17.35	127,400	8.18	1,557,254
Rehabilitative care	592,912	60.93	247,041	25.39	133,167	13.68	973,120
Diabetesa								<.0001
Yes	430,836	66.06	153,054	23.47	68,310	10.47	652,200
No	1,141,603	72.38	283,920	18.00	151,646	9.62	1,577,169
Congestive heart failurea								<.0001
Yes	498,654	68.41	158,750	21.78	71,518	9.81	728,922
No	1,073,785	71.56	278,224	18.54	148,438	9.89	1,500,447
Cancera								<.0001
Yes	259,078	72.24	54,651	15.24	44,891	12.52	358,620
No	1,313,361	70.21	382,323	20.44	175,065	9.36	1,870,749
COPDa								<.0001
Yes	348,462	66.96	118,109	22.69	53,864	10.35	520,435
No	1,223,977	71.62	318,865	18.66	166,092	9.72	1,708,934
Alzheimera								<.0001
Yes	298,863	77.76	55,377	14.41	30,115	7.84	384,355
No	1,273,576	69.03	381,597	20.68	189,841	10.29	1,845,014
Renal failurea								<.0001
Yes	174,136	65.19	63,599	23.81	29,370	11.00	267,105
No	1,398,303	71.26	373,375	19.03	190,586	9.71	1,962,264
Treatment preferences
DNR orderb								<.0001
Yes	1,123,966	77.47	202,714	13.97	124,101	8.55	1,450,781
No	428,805	57.44	226,070	30.28	91,666	12.28	746,541
DNH orderb								<.0001
Yes	118,743	88.22	6,145	4.57	9,708	7.21	134,596
No	1,434,028	69.52	422,639	20.49	206,059	9.99	2,062,726
Hospice in the last 30 days of life								<.0001
Yes	564,500	85.94	15,396	2.34	76,927	11.71	656,823
No	1,188,121	63.42	501,790	26.78	183,640	9.80	1,873,551

^a301,005 people are missing this variable

^b333,052 people are missing this variable