| | |
>3 hospital episodes (24 %)
|
>42 days in hospital (25 %)
|
Spent time in ICU (12 %)
|
|---|
| |
No. of deaths
|
n (% within category)
|
Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
|
n (% within category)
|
Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
|
n (% within category)
|
Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
|
|---|
|
Age at death
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
18–59
|
5722
|
1660 (29)
|
0.92 (0.86–0.99)
|
1344 (23)
|
0.76 (0.71–0.82)
|
1018 (18)
|
1.06 (0.97–1.15)
|
|
60–79
|
15,723
|
4979 (32)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
4580 (29)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
2608 (17)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
80–89
|
16,354
|
3350 (20)
|
0.69 (0.65–0.72)
|
4051 (25)
|
0.92 (0.88–0.97)
|
1413 (9)
|
0.46 (0.42–0.49)
|
|
90+
|
7950
|
878 (11)
|
0.39 (0.36–0.42)
|
1389 (17)
|
0.65 (0.61–0.70)
|
235 (3)
|
0.14 (0.12–0.17)
|
|
Sex
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p = 0.02
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
Female
|
22,422
|
4645 (21)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
5313 (24)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
2189 (10)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Male
|
23,117
|
6222 (27)
|
1.19 (1.14–1.25)
|
6051 (26)
|
1.05 (1.01–1.10)
|
3085 (13)
|
1.14 (1.07–1.21)
|
|
Unknown
|
210
|
0 (0)
|
Not included
|
0 (0)
|
Not included
|
0 (0)
|
Not included
|
|
Country of birth
| | |
p = 0.01
| |
p < 0.0001
| |
p = 0.58
|
|
Australia
|
33,862
|
8084 (24)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
8566 (25)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
3840 (11)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Other
|
11,536
|
2783 (24)
|
0.93 (0.89–0.99)
|
2798 (24)
|
0.89 (0.85–0.94)
|
1432 (12)
|
0.98 (0.91–1.05)
|
|
Unknown
|
351
|
0 (0)
|
Not included
|
0 (0)
|
Not included
|
2 (1)
|
Not included
|
|
Place of residenceb
| | |
p = 0.04
| |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
Major cities
|
30,907
|
7527 (24)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
7843 (25)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
3797 (12)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Inner regional
|
10,990
|
2492 (23)
|
0.92 (0.87–0.98)
|
2571 (23)
|
0.89 (0.84–0.94)
|
1090 (10)
|
0.75 (0.69–0.82)
|
|
Outer regional/Remote/Very remote
|
3396
|
830 (24)
|
0.97 (0.89–1.07)
|
921 (27)
|
1.06 (0.97–1.16)
|
373 (11)
|
0.69 (0.61–0.79)
|
|
Unknown
|
462
|
18 (4)
|
Not included
|
29 (6)
|
Not included
|
14 (3)
|
Not included
|
|
Socioeconomic statusc
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p = 0.01
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
Most disadvantaged quintile
|
9045
|
2234 (25)
|
0.90 (0.83–0.97)
|
2309 (26)
|
0.97 (0.89–1.04)
|
1338 (15)
|
1.23 (1.11–1.36)
|
|
Quintile 2
|
10,207
|
2439 (24)
|
0.83 (0.77–0.89)
|
2485 (24)
|
0.89 (0.83–0.96)
|
1091 (11)
|
0.86 (0.78–0.95)
|
|
Quintile 3
|
10,169
|
2251 (22)
|
0.78 (0.72–0.84)
|
2503 (25)
|
0.92 (0.86–0.99)
|
1065 (10)
|
0.82 (0.74–0.90)
|
|
Quintile 4
|
7878
|
1874 (24)
|
0.85 (0.79–0.92)
|
1938 (25)
|
0.91 (0.85–0.98)
|
802 (10)
|
0.75 (0.68–0.83)
|
|
Least disadvantaged quintile
|
7943
|
2043 (26)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
2088 (26)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
958 (12)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Unknown
|
507
|
26 (5)
|
Not included
|
41 (8)
|
Not included
|
20 (4)
|
Not included
|
|
Cause of death
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
Circulatory system
|
15,500
|
2341 (15)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
2922 (19)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
1540 (10)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Cancer
|
13,441
|
5465 (41)
|
3.18 (3.00–3.37)
|
4685 (35)
|
2.17 (2.06–2.30)
|
1514 (11)
|
0.79 (0.73–0.85)
|
|
Other known cause
|
15,226
|
2797 (18)
|
1.19 (1.12–1.26)
|
3447 (23)
|
1.26 (1.19–1.33)
|
2032 (13)
|
1.21 (1.12–1.30)
|
|
Cause not known
|
1582
|
264 (17)
|
Not included
|
310 (20)
|
Not included
|
188 (12)
|
Not included
|
- OR odds ratio adjusted for all other factors in table, CI confidence interval
- aThese groups represent the top quartiles of the distributions for hospital episodes (>3) and length of stay in hospital (>42 days) during the last year of life
- bBased on Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Accessibility Remoteness Index for Australia
- cUsing population-based quintiles of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ index of relative disadvantage
