| | |
Palliative care indicator 1 (15 %)
|
Palliative care indicator 2 (24 %)
|
|---|
| |
No. of deaths
|
n (% within category)
|
Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
|
n (% within category)
|
Adjusted OR (95 % CI)
|
|---|
|
Age at death
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
18–59
|
5722
|
1068 (19)
|
0.89 (0.82–0.97)
|
1601 (28)
|
0.86 (0.80–0.93)
|
|
60–79
|
15,723
|
3384 (22)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
5109 (32)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
80–89
|
16,354
|
1936 (12)
|
0.73 (0.68–0.78)
|
3160 (19)
|
0.74 (0.70–0.79)
|
|
90+
|
7950
|
521 (7)
|
0.54 (0.49–0.61)
|
907 (11)
|
0.56 (0.51–0.61)
|
|
Sex
| | |
p = 0.45
| |
p = 0.53
|
|
Female
|
22,422
|
3121 (14)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
4877 (22)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Male
|
23,117
|
3788 (16)
|
0.98 (0.92–1.04)
|
5900 (26)
|
0.98 (0.93–1.04)
|
|
Unknown
|
210
|
0 (0)
|
Not included
|
0 (0)
|
Not included
|
|
Country of birth
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
Australia
|
33,862
|
4649 (14)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
7650 (23)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Other
|
11,536
|
2258 (20)
|
1.28 (1.20–1.37)
|
3125 (27)
|
1.17 (1.10–1.24)
|
|
Unknown
|
351
|
2 (1)
|
Not included
|
2 (1)
|
Not included
|
|
Place of residencea
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
Major cities
|
30,907
|
5538 (18)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
7809 (25)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Inner regional
|
10,990
|
1060 (10)
|
0.46 (0.42–0.50)
|
2201 (20)
|
0.75 (0.70–0.81)
|
|
Outer regional/Remote/Very remote
|
3396
|
297 (9)
|
0.36 (0.31–0.42)
|
746 (22)
|
0.81 (0.72–0.90)
|
|
Unknown
|
462
|
14 (3)
|
Not included
|
21 (5)
|
Not included
|
|
Socioeconomic statusb
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p = 0.01
|
|
Most disadvantaged quintile
|
9045
|
1409 (16)
|
1.27 (1.15–1.40)
|
2231 (25)
|
1.02 (0.93–1.12)
|
|
Quintile 2
|
10,207
|
1317 (13)
|
0.86 (0.78–0.95)
|
2238 (22)
|
0.76 (0.69–0.82)
|
|
Quintile 3
|
10,169
|
1405 (14)
|
0.88 (0.80–0.97)
|
2133 (21)
|
0.72 (0.66–0.79)
|
|
Quintile 4
|
7878
|
1358 (17)
|
1.02 (0.93–1.12)
|
2039 (26)
|
0.99 (0.90–1.07)
|
|
Least disadvantaged quintile
|
7943
|
1403 (18)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
2109 (27)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Unknown
|
507
|
17 (3)
|
Not included
|
27 (5)
|
Not included
|
|
Cause of death
| | |
p < 0.0001
| |
p < 0.0001
|
|
Circulatory system
|
15,500
|
679 (4)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
1227 (8)
|
1.00 (reference)
|
|
Cancer
|
13,441
|
5253 (39)
|
12.88 (11.81–14.05)
|
7841 (58)
|
14.89 (13.88–15.96)
|
|
Other known cause
|
15,226
|
896 (6)
|
1.30 (1.17–1.44)
|
1564 (10)
|
1.29 (1.19–1.39)
|
|
Cause not known
|
1582
|
81 (5)
|
Not included
|
145 (9)
|
Not included
|
- Palliative Care Indicator 1 admitted to an inpatient hospice or had a hospital admission flagged with “saw palliative team”, Palliative Care Indicator 2 any mention of current or future palliative care (including Indicator 1) or referred to an inpatient hospice, OR odds ratio adjusted for all other factors in table, CI confidence interval
- aBased on Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Accessibility Remoteness Index for Australia
- bUsing population-based quintiles of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ index of relative disadvantage
