Table 2. Socio-demographic characteristics of health care users in the last year of life, by health care sector, Ontario decedents, Fiscal Year 2010/11 to 2012/13.

	Decedents (n)	%	Average Cost($)	Q1 ($)**	Q3 ($)**
All Decedents	264,755	100%	53,661	19,568	66,875
Decedents with 1+ Use	261,713	98.9%	54,285	20,382	67,256
Male*	127,195	48.6%	54,174	17,572	68,334
Female*	134,518	51.4%	54,390	23,343	66,424
Age, year*
<19	2,844	1.1%	46,110	1,641	38,725
19–44	7,636	2.9%	47,661	1,530	64,770
45–54	13,629	5.2%	54,744	8,582	73,953
55–64	27,486	10.5%	58,441	14,670	75,534
65–74	42,604	16.3%	59,652	20,179	75,847
75–84	74,272	28.4%	55,918	22,416	69,611
85–94	77,891	29.8%	50,663	24,740	63,009
95+	15,351	5.9%	46,829	28,494	57,537
Neighborhood income*
Quintile 1	59,382	22.7%	55,316	20,118	68,480
Quintile 2	54,361	20.8%	54,710	20,221	68,176
Quintile 3	50,180	19.2%	53,706	20,773	66,504
Quintile 4	48,859	18.7%	54,439	21,619	67,014
Quintile 5	45,859	17.5%	53,706	21,023	66,389
Rurality*
Urban	221,736	84.7%	55,456	21,066	68,437
Rural	38,904	14.9%	48,805	18,617	62,040

* Among decedents with 1+ health care use in the last year of life.

** Quartile 1 (Q1) and Quartile 3 (Q3) represent values at the 25^th and 75^th percentiles of total costs.