Table 2.

Odds Ratios for dying at home vs dying at hospital for different tumor types

		aOR (95% CI)
Brain, n = 543
Sex	Male	Ref
	Female	1.28 (0.86–1.92)
Age	Q1	Ref
	Q4	0.83 (0.5–1.36)
Marital	Married	Ref
	Divorced	0.4 (0.23–0.7)a
	Unmarried	0.42 (0.23–0.76)a
	Widow	0.71 (0.31–1.62)
Education	Low	Ref
	Middle	1.24 (0.79–1.95)
	High	1.22 (0.75–1.99)
Income	Q1	Ref
	Q4	1.08 (0.67–1.75)
Breast, n = 614
Age	Q1	Ref
	Q4	0.58 (0.33–1.04)
Marital	Married	Ref
	Divorced	0.81 (0.49–1.35)
	Unmarried	0.44 (0.25–0.79)a
	Widow	0.62 (0.34–1.12)
Education	Low	Ref
	Middle	1.28 (0.82–2.01)
	High	1.29 (0.76–2.17)
Income	Q1	Ref
	Q4	0.71 (0.49–1.03)
Colorectal, n = 1913
Sex	Male	Ref
	Female	0.83 (0.68–1.02)
Age	Q1	Ref
	Q4	1.07 (0.81–1.42)
Marital	Married	Ref
	Divorced	0.75 (0.57–0.99)a
	Unmarried	0.56 (0.4–0.78)a
	Widow	0.66 (0.49–0.88)a
Education	Low	Ref
	Middle	0.87 (0.7–1.09)
	High	0.92 (0.71–1.21)
Income	Q1	Ref
	Q4	1.16 (0.89–1.52)
Lung, n = 5000
Sex	Male	Ref
	Female	1.07 (0.93–1.24)
Age	Q1	Ref
	Q4	1.24 (1.01–1.52)
Marital	Married	Ref
	Divorced	0.69 (0.58–0.82)a
	Unmarried	0.63 (0.5–0.81)a
	Widow	0.66 (0.54–0.82)a
Education	Low	Ref
	Middle	1.02 (0.88–1.19)
	High	1.07 (0.87–1.32)
Income	Q1	Ref
	Q4	1.16 (0.97–1.4)
Prostate, n = 798
Age	Q1	Ref
	Q4	1.36 (0.88–2.11)
Marital	Married	Ref
	Divorced	0.47 (0.29–0.76)a
	Unmarried	0.66 (0.38–1.14)
	Widow	0.56 (0.34–0.92)a
Education	Low	Ref
	Middle	0.94 (0.67–1.31)
	High	0.92 (0.6–1.42)
Income	Q1	Ref
	Q4	1.1 (0.71–1.69)

^astatistically significant

An Odds ratio greater than 1 implies a higher likelihood of home death and one less than 1 implies a higher likelihood of in hospital deaths