Patient-level data | SEIFA Group | ||||||||
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Low2 | Medium | High2 | Total | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Diagnosis | Cancer | 2,781 | 83% | 2,580 | 81% | 1,961 | 82% | 7,322 | 82% |
Non cancer | 577 | 17% | 614 | 19% | 437 | 18% | 1,628 | 18% | |
Gender | Male | 2,114 | 56% | 1,869 | 54% | 1,447 | 51% | 5,430 | 54% |
Female | 1,630 | 44% | 1,597 | 46% | 1,396 | 49% | 4,623 | 46% | |
Referral to specialist palliative care service1 | 3,751 | 37% | 3,470 | 34% | 2,843 | 28% | 10,064 | 100% |