Table 2 Key Characteristics Stratified by Clients Expressions of a Wish to Die among Palliative Home Care Clients in Ontario, Canada (N = 4,840)

 Diabetes

10.0 (483)

9.9 (449)

11.0 (34)

 Hypertension*

8.1 (393)

8.3 (378)

4.9 (15)

 COPD

5.6 (271)

5.5 (249)

7.1 (22)

 Congestive Heart Failure**

4.1 (196)

3.8 (173)

7.5 (23)

 Coronary Artery Disease

3.2 (153)

3.2 (144)

2.9 (9)

 Renal Failure

2.7 (131)

2.7 (121)

3.2 (10)

 Alzheimer’s and other Dementia’s

2.5 (112)

2.3 (106)

5.2 (16)

 Cerebrovascular Accident***

1.8 (87)

1.6 (74)

4.2 (13)

 Liver Disease

2.2 (107)

2.2 (101)

2.0 (6)

 Gastrointestinal Disease

1.7 (84)

1.8 (80)

1.3 (4)

 Respiratory and Intrathoracic**

26.1 (1,265)

26.7 (1,208)

18.5 (57)

 Digestive Organs

25.4 (1,231)

25.5 (1,157)

24.0 (74)

 Breast

9.2 (444)

9.3 (421)

7.5 (23)

 Male Genital

6.0 (288)

6.0 (270)

5.8 (18)

 Lymphoid, Hematopoietic, and Related Tissue

5.3 (256)

5.3 (239)

5.5 (17)

 Urinary Tract

4.6 (221)

4.6 (210)

3.6 (11)

 Female Genital

4.5 (218)

4.5 (203)

4.9 (15)

 Eye, Brain and Central Nervous System

3.7 (177)

3.7 (168)

2.9 (9)

 Ill-defined, Secondary, Unspecified Sites

3.5 (170)

3.5 (159)

3.6 (11)

 Skin

2.3 (112)

2.3 (103)

2.9 (9)

 Lip, Oral, and Pharynx**

2.0 (95)

1.8 (83)

3.9 (12)

 Mesothelial and Soft Tissue

1.9 (90)

1.9 (84)

2.0 (6)

 Bone and Articular Cartilage

1.0 (47)

1.0 (45)

0.7 (2)

 Thyroid and Endocrine Glands

0.4 (19)

0.4 (18)

0.3 (1)

 Independent (Primary) Multiple Sites

0.1 (3)

0.04 (2)

0.3 (1)