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Table 7 Factors influencing the likelihood of dying from chronic conditions at home*

From: Place of death in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: a population based comparative study using death certificates data

 

CZ

SK

p

OR

95% CI for OR

p

OR

95% CI for OR

   

Lower

Upper

  

Lower

Upper

Chronic condition

        

  Cancer

        

  Stroke

<.001

.651

.591

.716

<.001

.666

.608

.729

  Dementia

<.001

.395

.307

.507

.067

1.341

.980

1.834

  COPD

.008

.809

.692

.947

<.001

.466

.373

.583

  Heart failure

<.001

1.249

1.116

1.398

<.001

1.535

1.353

1.743

  Diabetes

.122

1.126

.969

1.308

.076

.826

.669

1.020

  Parkinson's disease

.834

.950

.587

1.537

.001

2.201

1.360

3.562

  Chronic kidney disease

<.001

.406

.284

.581

<.001

.392

.290

.530

  Chronic liver disease

.001

.705

.576

.863

<.001

.638

.531

.767

  Spinal muscular atrophy

.124

1.646

.872

3.107

.583

.734

.243

2.217

  Multiple sclerosis

.509

1.283

.612

2.691

.751

.849

.309

2.334

  Neuromuscular disorders

.473

.472

.061

3.672

.547

.516

.060

4.434

Gender

        

  Male vs. female

.011

.911

.847

.979

.001

.879

.814

.949

Marital status

        

  Single

        

  Married

.046

1.169

1.003

1.363

.138

1.118

.965

1.295

  Divorced

.231

.898

.753

1.071

.050

.826

.682

1.000

  Widowed

.761

.975

.828

1.148

.736

1.027

.880

1.198

Age

        

  51-70 years

        

  71-84 years

<.001

.849

.786

.918

.644

1.020

.938

1.109

  85 and older

.464

1.040

.937

1.153

<.001

1.572

1.399

1.767

Education

        

  Lower vs. higher educationa

<.001

1.223

1.122

1.332

<.001

.793

.729

.862

  1. *Binary logistic regression (enter method), sample limited to deaths from chronic conditions (N = 68779) and age of 51 and older.
  2. aMissing data on education status CZ 18939 (39.7%), SK 4463 (21.2%), treated by listwise deletion method.
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