Determinants of place of death: a population-based retrospective cohort study

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Table 2 Crude and adjusted associations between decedent characteristics and home death, British Columbia, Canada, 2004 to 2008

Characteristic	Crude odds ratio	95% CI	Adjusted odds ratio*	95% CI	P value
Age (years) <50	1.87	1.78–1.96	1.74	1.64–1.84	<0.0001
50–59	1.86	1.78–1.95	1.75	1.66–1.83	<0.0001
60–69	1.45	1.39–1.52	1.38	1.32–1.44	<0.0001
70–79	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
80–89	0.61	0.59–0.64	0.66	0.63–0.68	<0.0001
≥90	0.37	0.35–0.39	0.42	0.39–0.44	<0.0001
Sex – Female	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
Male	1.49	1.45–1.53	1.16	1.12–1.19	<0.0001
Marital status – Married	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
Never married	1.51	1.44–1.57	1.21	1.15–1.27	<0.0001
Widowed	0.59	0.57–0.61	0.97	0.93–1.01	0.12
Other	1.38	1.33–1.44	1.18	1.13–1.23	<0.0001
Residence – Vancouver	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
Victoria	1.32	1.26–1.39	1.43	1.36–1.51	<0.0001
Other city	1.19	1.15–1.22	1.17	1.13–1.21	<0.0001
Rural	1.49	1.43–1.56	1.32	1.26–1.38	<0.0001
Cause of death – Cancer	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
Cardiovascular	1.16	1.12–1.21	1.56	1.51–1.62	<0.0001
Cerebrovascular	0.26	0.24–0,28	0.36	0.33–0.39	<0.0001
COPD	0.62	0.57–0.67	0.77	0.72–0.84	<0.0001
Pneumonia/Influenza	0.26	0.23–0.29	0.38	0.34–0.44	<0.0001
Dementia	0.12	0.10–0.14	0.20	0.18–0.23	<0.0001
Other	0.95	0.92–0.99	0.93	0.90–0.97	0.0002
Year of death – 2004	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
2005	0.98	0.94–1.03	0.98	0.94–1.03	0.43
2006	0.96	0.92–1.00	0.98	0.94–1.02	0.32
2007	0.94	0.90–0.98	0.96	0.92–1.00	0.06
2008	0.91	0.87–0.95	0.93	0.89–0.97	0.002

* Adjusted odds ratios obtained from logistic models that also controlled for place of birth.

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