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. 2016 Jul 21;11(7):e0159210. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159210

Table 4. The relationship between place of death and whether a death was MS-related.

MS-related death n (%) Not MS-related death n (%)
1 Own residence 67 (70.5) 28 (29.5)
2 Hospital 184 (72.2) 71 (27.8)
3 Care homes 98 (76.6) 30 (23.4)
4 Hospicea 9 (39.1) 14 (60.9)
5 Otherb 0 2
Total 358 (71.2) 145 (28.8)

aSignificantly lower numbers of subjects died an MS-related death in hospices compared to those who had a non MS-related death (p<0.01, χ² test).

bExcluded from χ² test