Table 1.

—Characteristics of Patients and Families by Specialty of Attending Physician at Time of Death

	All Patients		Medicine		Surgery		Neurology		Neurosurgery
Patients	No.	Statistic	No.	Statistic	No.	Statistic	No.	Statistic	No.	Statistic
Age, mean (SD), y	3,124	69.2 (15.2)	2,447	70.3 (14.8)	380	66.3 (17.1)	101	70.0 (14.7)	196	60.1 (18.5)
Female	3,124	41.5	2,447	41.8	380	37.1	101	43.6	196	46.1
Minority race/ethnicity	3,124	21.0	2,447	21.3	380	15.3	101	28.7	196	24.0
Primary condition	3,124		2,447		380		101		196
Trauma		10.0		5.0		28.9		7.9		35.7
Cancer		14.3		15.8		12.1		3.0		5.1
Other		75.8		79.2		58.9		89.1		59.2
Education	3,044		2,381		370		100		193
≤ 8th grade		7.7		7.6		9.2		8.0		5.2
Some high school		9.4		9.4		10.8		5.0		9.8
High school graduate or equivalent		40.1		40.4		37.0		41.0		42.0
Some college		23.7		23.6		25.1		23.0		21.2
4-y college degree		13.3		13.5		11.6		13.0		14.5
Postcollege study		5.8		5.5		6.2		10.0		7.3
Had insurance	3,124	84.5	2,447	86.1	380	79.2	101	80.2	196	78.1
Family members
Age, mean (SD), y	1,180	58.2 (14.3)	867	58.9 (14.6)	166	57.0 (13.6)	48	57.1 (14.4)	99	54.6 (12.8)
Female	1,181	68.2	868	68.5	166	69.9	48	79.2	99	57.6
Minority race/ethnicity	1,169	14.1	858	14.0	165	10.3	48	18.8	98	19.4
Patient’s spouse	1,184	45.2	870	46.0	166	36.7	49	46.9	99	51.5

Data are given as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.