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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the entire cohort, and when divided between patients cause of death

From: Care pathways at end-of-life for cancer decedents: registry based analyses of the living situation, healthcare utilization and costs for all cancer decedents in Norway in 2009-2013 during their last 6 months of life

 

All (n = 52,926)

Lung (n = 8,701)

Colorectal (n = 6,468)

Prostate (n = 4,658)

Breast (n = 3,123)

Cervix (n = 353)

Other (n = 29,623)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

p

Age

  < 50

2,351

(0.04)

235

(0.03)

212

(0.03)

3

(0.00)

293

(0.09)

86

(0.24)

1,522

(0.05)

 < .001

50–59

4,917

(0.09)

1,041

(0.12)

527

(0.08)

69

(0.01)

483

(0.15)

61

(0.17)

2,736

(0.09)

60–64

5,073

(0.10)

1,241

(0.14)

565

(0.09)

171

(0.04)

322

(0.10)

34

(0.10)

2,740

(0.09)

65–69

6,626

(0.13)

1,498

(0.17)

796

(0.12)

352

(0.08)

349

(0.11)

33

(0.09)

3,598

(0.12)

70–74

6,584

(0.12)

1,365

(0.16)

788

(0.12)

482

(0.10)

299

(0.10)

24

(0.07)

3,626

(0.12)

75–79

7,578

(0.14)

1,321

(0.15)

933

(0.14)

760

(0.16)

304

(0.10)

35

(0.10)

4,225

(0.14)

80–84

8,702

(0.16)

1,189

(0.14)

1,080

(0.17)

1,138

(0.24)

344

(0.11)

35

(0.10)

4,916

(0.17)

85–89

6,944

(0.13)

611

(0.07)

909

(0.14)

1,054

(0.23)

364

(0.12)

30

(0.08)

3,976

(0.13)

  > 90

4,151

(0.08)

200

(0.02)

658

(0.10)

629

(0.14)

365

(0.12)

15

(0.04)

2,284

(0.08)

Gender (females) *

24,538

(0.46)

3,693

(0.42)

3,227

(0.50)

0

(0.00)

3,100

(0.99)

353

(1.00)

14,165

(0.48)

 < .001

Education

Primary school

20,925

(0.41)

4,028

(0.48)

2,572

(0.41)

1,743

(0.37)

1,094

(0.39)

153

(0.57)

11,335

(0.40)

 < .001

Secondary school

22,409

(0.44)

3,636

(0.43)

2,785

(0.45)

2,046

(0.44)

1,271

(0.45)

82

(0.31)

12,589

(0.45)

Higher education

7,241

(0.14)

802

(0.09)

899

(0.14)

866

(0.19)

465

(0.16)

32

(0.12)

4,177

(0.15)

Marital status

Never married

5,172

(0.10)

812

(0.09)

636

(0.10)

343

(0.07)

318

(0.10)

59

(0.17)

3,004

(0.10)

 < .001

Married/ partner

26,090

(0.49)

4,358

(0.50)

3,027

(0.47)

2,790

(0.60)

1,289

(0.41)

122

(0.35)

14,504

(0.49)

Previously married/ pratner

21,594

(0.41)

3,516

(0.40)

2,799

(0.43)

1,521

(0.33)

1,509

(0.48)

171

(0.49)

12,078

(0.41)

CCI ** (mild/ moderate)

39,138

(0.74)

7,119

(0.82)

4,060

(0.63)

2,980

(0.64)

1,567

(0.50)

191

(0.54)

23,221

(0.78)

 < .001

Years since diagnosis

0

17,970

(0.34)

4,930

(0.57)

2,269

(0.35)

468

(0.10)

309

(0.10)

81

(0.23)

9,913

(0.33)

 < .001

1

9,614

(0.18)

2,306

(0.27)

1,372

(0.21)

471

(0.10)

305

(0.10)

75

(0.21)

5,085

(0.17)

2

4,827

(0.09)

717

(0.08)

813

(0.13)

454

(0.10)

271

(0.09)

36

(0.10)

2,536

(0.09)

3

3,228

(0.06)

268

(0.03)

534

(0.08)

434

(0.09)

236

(0.08)

36

(0.10)

1,720

(0.06)

4

2,507

(0.05)

145

(0.02)

366

(0.06)

378

(0.08)

236

(0.08)

23

(0.07)

1,359

(0.05)

5

1,847

(0.03)

75

(0.01)

227

(0.04)

338

(0.07)

216

(0.07)

16

(0.05)

975

(0.03)

6–10

5,965

(0.11)

163

(0.02)

536

(0.08)

1,215

(0.26)

690

(0.22)

22

(0.06)

3,339

(0.11)

11–20

4,657

(0.09)

78

(0.01)

255

(0.04)

839

(0.18)

597

(0.19)

27

(0.08)

2,861

(0.10)

  > 21

2,311

(0.04)

19

(0.00)

96

(0.01)

61

(0.01)

263

(0.08)

37

(0.10)

1,835

(0.06)

Year of death

2009

10,358

(0.20)

1,666

(0.19)

1,274

(0.20)

943

(0.20)

655

(0.21)

84

(0.24)

5,736

(0.19)

0.62

2010

10,706

(0.20)

1,761

(0.20)

1,308

(0.20)

936

(0.20)

629

(0.20)

74

(0.21)

5,998

(0.20)

2011

10,622

(0.20)

1,759

(0.20)

1,284

(0.20)

951

(0.20)

584

(0.19)

67

(0.19)

5,977

(0.20)

2012

10,604

(0.20)

1,736

(0.20)

1,309

(0.20)

910

(0.20)

622

(0.20)

57

(0.16)

5,970

(0.20)

2013

10,636

(0.20)

1,779

(0.20)

1,293

(0.20)

918

(0.20)

633

(0.20)

71

(0.20)

5,942

(0.20)

  1. Numbers given as number of people (n) and percentage of population (%)
  2. * Although it is rare, a few men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Therefore, 123 men are included in the breast cancer group in the table
  3. ** CCI charlson comorbidity index