Table 2 Demographic data for deceased patients and bereaved relatives within the Regional CODE™ survey^a

  18–39

0 (0.0)

2 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.6)

  40–59

18 (22.8)

13 (6.2)

5 (10.0)

36 (10.7)

  60–69

19 (24.1)

19 (9.2)

1 (2.0)

39 (11.6)

  70–79

24 (30.4)

54 (26.1)

27 (54.0)

105 (31.1)

  80+

18 (22.8)

119 (57.5)

17 (34.0)

154 (45.8)

  Missing

3

11

4

18

 Female

37 (48.7)

101 (49.5)

19 (40.4)

157 (48.0)

  Missing

6

14

4

27

  White British

77 (97.5)

195 (95.6)

49 (100.0)

321 (96.7)

  Other e.g. White Irish, Asian Other, Mixed White/Black

2 (2.5)

9 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

11 (3.3)

  Missing

3

14

5

22

  Christian

64 (81.0)

176 (85.9)

42 (84.0)

282 (84.4)

  Other e.g. Buddhist, Any other religion

1 (1.3)

5 (2.5)

1 (2.0)

7 (2.1)

  None

14 (17.7)

24 (11.7)

7 (14.0)

45 (13.5)

  Missing

3

13

5

20

 Diagnosis – proportion cancer

74 (90.2)

70 (32.1)

44 (81.5)

188 (53.1)

Bereaved relative

  18–39

5 (6.4)

6 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

11 (3.3)

  40–59

28 (35.4)

61 (29.8)

12 (24.5)

101 (30.3)

  60–69

22 (27.8)

9 (28.8)

14 (28.6)

95 (28.5)

  70–79

17 (21.5)

46 (22.4)

15 (30.6)

78 (23.4)

  80+

7 (8.9)

33 (16.1)

8 (16.3)

48 (14.4)

  Missing

3

13

5

21

 Female

48 (60.8)

140 (68.0)

37 (74.0)

225 (67.2)

  Missing

3

13

5

21

  Husband / wife / partner

45 (57.7)

79 (38.5)

36 (72.0)

160 (48.8)

  Son / daughter

19 (24.4)

87 (42.2)

12 (24.0)

118 (35.4)

  Other named category e.g. brother/ sister, parent, friend

10 (12.9)

32 (15.6)

2 (4.0)

44 (13.2)

  Other

4 (5.1)

7 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

11 (3.3)

  Missing

4

13

4

21

  White British

77 (97.5)

201 (98.0)

47 (95.9)

325 (97.6)

  Other e.g. White Irish, Asian Other, Mixed White/Black,

2 (2.5)

4 (2.0)

2 (4.1)

8 (2.4)

  Missing

3

13

5

21

  Christian

62 (78.5)

171 (83.4)

47 (94.0)

280 (83.8)

  Other e.g. Buddhist, Any other religion

1 (1.3)

11 (5.4)

1 (2.0)

13 (3.9)

  None

16 (20.3)

23 (11.2)

2 (4.0)

41 (12.3)

 Missing

3

13

4

20