Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of palliative care patients (n = 240).

	Mean (SD)	N (%)
Centre Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun University Malaya Medical Centre		150 (62.5) 90 (37.5)
Age	62.13 (12.830)
Gender Male Female		103 (42.9) 137 (57.1)
Ethnicity Malay Chinese Indian Others		58 (24.2) 153 (63.8) 23 (9.6) 6 (2.5)
Religion Muslim Christian Buddhist Hindu Others		61 (25.4) 35 (14.6) 124 (51.7) 16 (6.7) 4 (1.7)
Education Level Primary Secondary Tertiary None		91 (37.9) 96 (40.0) 18 (7.5) 32 (13.3)
Marital Status Single Married Widowed Divorced/Separated		36 (15.0) 157 (65.4) 39 (16.3) 8 (3.3)
Number of children ≤2 >2		103 (42.9) 137 (57.1)

Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.