Table 1 Characteristics of decedents by place of death, British Columbia, Canada, 2004 to 2008
From: Determinants of place of death: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Characteristic | Home | Extended care | Hospital | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | ||
Age (years) <50 | 3,181 | 28.7 | 761 | 6.9 | 4,498 | 40.6 | 2,639 | 23.8 | 11,079 |
50–59 | 3,681 | 28.6 | 1,596 | 12.4 | 6,620 | 51.5 | 955 | 7.4 | 12,852 |
60–69 | 4,561 | 23.8 | 2,986 | 15.6 | 10,847 | 56.7 | 739 | 3.9 | 19,133 |
70–79 | 6,040 | 17.7 | 7,576 | 22.3 | 19,868 | 58.4 | 556 | 1.6 | 34,040 |
80–89 | 5,919 | 11.8 | 18,155 | 35.8 | 26,331 | 51.8 | 384 | 0.8 | 50,789 |
≥90 | 1,859 | 7.4 | 13,275 | 52.6 | 9,997 | 39.6 | 87 | 0.3 | 25,218 |
Sex – Female | 10,226 | 13.7 | 26,865 | 36.0 | 36,249 | 48.6 | 1,238 | 1.7 | 74,578 |
Male | 15,015 | 19.1 | 17,484 | 22.3 | 41,912 | 53.4 | 4,122 | 5.3 | 78,533 |
Marital status - Married | 10,865 | 17.5 | 13,527 | 21.8 | 35,949 | 57.8 | 1,824 | 2.9 | 62,165 |
Never married | 3,574 | 24.2 | 3,057 | 20.7 | 6,357 | 43.1 | 1,777 | 12.0 | 14,765 |
Widowed | 6,116 | 11.0 | 23,144 | 41.7 | 25,753 | 46.4 | 495 | 0.9 | 55,508 |
Other | 4,686 | 22.7 | 4,621 | 22.4 | 10,102 | 48.9 | 1,264 | 6.1 | 20,673 |
Residence - Vancouver | 8,813 | 14.6 | 16,503 | 27.3 | 33,817 | 55.8 | 1,430 | 2.4 | 60,563 |
Victoria | 2,513 | 18.4 | 5,381 | 38.9 | 5,621 | 40.7 | 287 | 2.1 | 13,563 |
Other city | 9,966 | 16.8 | 18,410 | 31.1 | 28,437 | 48.0 | 2,480 | 4.2 | 59,293 |
Rural | 3,924 | 20.2 | 4,055 | 20.9 | 10,286 | 52.9 | 1,163 | 6.0 | 19,428 |
Birth country - Canada | 17,399 | 17.0 | 29,445 | 28.8 | 51,357 | 50.3 | 3,988 | 3.9 | 102,189 |
Europe | 4,941 | 15.7 | 10,424 | 33.1 | 15,564 | 49.4 | 606 | 1.9 | 31,535 |
USA | 646 | 16.7 | 1,230 | 31.8 | 1,810 | 46.8 | 178 | 4.6 | 3,864 |
China | 459 | 9.4 | 1,260 | 25.9 | 3,067 | 63.1 | 75 | 1.5 | 4,861 |
Hong Kong | 97 | 13.5 | 170 | 23.7 | 428 | 59.7 | 22 | 3.1 | 717 |
India | 458 | 16.2 | 314 | 11.1 | 1,917 | 67.6 | 146 | 5.2 | 2,835 |
Philippines | 133 | 15.5 | 156 | 18.2 | 542 | 63.2 | 27 | 3.2 | 858 |
Other | 1,108 | 17.7 | 1,350 | 21.6 | 3,476 | 55.6 | 318 | 5.1 | 6,252 |
Cause of death - Cancer | 8,034 | 18.7 | 12,197 | 28.3 | 22,530 | 52.4 | 271 | 0.6 | 43,032 |
Cardiovascular | 7,324 | 21.1 | 9,022 | 26.1 | 17,411 | 50.1 | 984 | 2.8 | 34,741 |
Cerebrovascular | 633 | 5.6 | 4,174 | 36.7 | 6,507 | 57.3 | 51 | 0.5 | 11,365 |
COPD | 820 | 12.4 | 1,779 | 27.0 | 3,950 | 60.0 | 40 | 0.6 | 6,589 |
Pneumonia/Influenza | 244 | 5.6 | 1,665 | 38.0 | 2,439 | 55.7 | 33 | 0.8 | 4,381 |
Dementia | 229 | 2.6 | 6,532 | 75.2 | 1,910 | 22.0 | 12 | 0.1 | 8,683 |
Other | 7,957 | 13.0 | 8,980 | 20.3 | 23,414 | 52.8 | 3,969 | 9.0 | 44,320 |
Year of death – 2004 | 5,070 | 17.1 | 7,988 | 26.9 | 15,554 | 52.4 | 1,051 | 3.5 | 29,633 |
2005 | 5,065 | 16.8 | 8,258 | 27.5 | 15,639 | 52.0 | 1,107 | 3.7 | 30,069 |
2006 | 5,029 | 16.5 | 9,176 | 30.1 | 15,263 | 50.1 | 1,023 | 3.4 | 30,491 |
2007 | 5,043 | 16.2 | 9,709 | 31.3 | 15,236 | 49.1 | 1,069 | 3.4 | 31,057 |
2008 | 5,034 | 15.8 | 9,218 | 29.0 | 16,469 | 51.7 | 1,110 | 3.5 | 31,831 |