Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with palliative care needs
Age group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Lowest −49 | 50-60 | 61-71 | 72-82 | 83 and older | Total |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 4 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 47 |
Female | 5 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 50 |
Transgender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Residence | ||||||
Co-Habited | 9 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 62 |
Lived Alone | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
Nursing Home/Residential Care | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 16 |
Unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
District Health Board of Residence | ||||||
Auckland | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 66 |
Counties Manukau | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
Waitemata | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
Northland | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Bay of Plenty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
New Zealand European | 5 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 64 |
Māori, | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Samoan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Tongan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Niuean | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Indian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chinese | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Other | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |