Table 3.
Characteristic | Onset of serious illness (N = 6129) |
Near end of life (N = 6517) |
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Rate ratio (95% CI) | p | Rate ratio (95% CI) | p | |
Age | 0.990 (0.988–0.991) | <0.0001 | 0.985 (0.983–0.987) | <0.0001 |
Gender | <0.0001 | 0.0016 | ||
Female | 0.905 (0.864–0.948) | <0.0001 | 0.925 (0.882–0.971) | 0.0016 |
Male | Reference | Reference | ||
Race | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | ||
American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.950 (0.747–1.207) | 0.6727 | 0.984 (0.748–1.293) | 0.9051 |
Asian | 0.759 (0.641–0.898) | 0.0014 | 0.853 (0.693–1.050) | 0.1330 |
Black or African American | 0.803 (0.707–0.913) | 0.0008 | 0.646 (0.553–0.756) | <0.0001 |
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander | 0.804 (0.496–1.303) | 0.3757 | 1.077 (0.641–1.809) | 0.7793 |
Other | 0.725 (0.640–0.821) | <0.0001 | 0.869 (0.759–0.995) | 0.0424 |
Unknown or not reported | 0.673 (0.620–0.730) | <0.0001 | 0.630 (0.577–0.689) | <0.0001 |
White | Reference | Reference | ||
Care Group | <0.0001 | |||
Group 2: chronic illness | 0.576 (0.537–0.617) | <0.0001 | ||
Group 3: advanced illness | 0.890 (0.838–0.946) | 0.0002 | ||
Group 4: frailty and end of life | Reference |