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

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Table 5 Crude and adjusted odds ratios expressing the association between place of birth and place of death in British Columbia, 2004 to 2008

Place of death/	Crude odds	95% CI	Adjusted	95% CI	P value
Place of birth	ratio		odds ratio*		P value
Place of death: Home
Place of birth – Canada	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
Europe	0.91	0.88–0.94	1.13	1.09–1.17	<0.0001
USA	0.98	0.90–1.07	1.12	1.03–1.23	0.009
China	0.51	0.46–0.56	0.70	0.63–0.78	<0.0001
Hong Kong	0.76	0.62–0.95	0.73	0.59–0.91	0.004
India	0.94	0.85–1.04	0.97	0.87–1.08	0.56
Philippines	0.89	0.74–1.08	0.92	0.76–1.11	0.43
Other	1.05	0.98–1.12	1.00	0.93–1.07	0.94
Place of death: Extended care facility
Place of birth – Canada	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
Europe	1.22	1.19–1.25	0.98	0.95–1.01	0.25
USA	1.15	1.08–1.24	0.95	0.88–1.02	0.19
China	0.86	0.81–0.92	0.79	0.74–0.85	<0.0001
Hong Kong	0.77	0.65–0.91	1.09	0.90–1.31	0.39
India	0.31	0.27–0.35	0.35	0.31–0.40	<0.0001
Philippines	0.55	0.46–0.65	0.70	0.58–0.84	<0.0002
Other	0.68	0.64–0.72	0.85	0.80–0.91	<0.0001
Place of death: Hospital
Place of birth – Canada	1.00	–	1.00	–	–
Europe	0.97	0.94–0.99	0.93	0.91–0.96	<0.0001
USA	0.87	0.82–0.93	0.91	0.85–0.97	0.003
China	1.69	1.59–1.80	1.31	1.23–1.39	<0.0001
Hong Kong	1.47	1.26–1.70	1.14	0.98–1.33	0.09
India	2.07	1.91–2.24	1.69	1.55–1.83	<0.0001
Philippines	1.70	1.48–1.95	1.35	1.17–1.56	<0.0001
Other	1.24	1.18–1.31	1.07	1.02–1.13	0.01

* Adjusted odds ratios obtained from logistic models which controlled for age, sex, marital status, residence, cause of death and year of death.

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