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