Table 1 Least preferred place of death and demographics of participants by country (N = 9,344)
Variables*, † | EN N = 1,351 | FL N = 1,269 | DE N = 1,363 | IT N = 1,352 | NL N = 1,356 | PT N = 1,286 | ES N = 1,367 | All N = 9,344 |
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n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | |
Least preferred place of death: | ||||||||
Own home | 104 (8.0) | 128 (10.7) | 93 (7.1) | 103 (8.3) | 56 (4.3) | 257 (21.8) | 138 (11.2) | 879 (10.0) |
Home of a relative or friend | 185 (14.3) | 244 (20.4) | 122 (9.4) | 129 (10.4) | 132 (10.1) | 171 (14.5) | 233 (18.9) | 1,216 (13.9) |
Hospice or palliative care unit | 95 (7.3) | 101 (8.5) | 104 (8.0) | 201 (16.2) | 83 (6.4) | 58 (4.9) | 101 (8.2) | 743 (8.5) |
Hospital – but not palliative care unit | 536 (41.5) | 464 (38.8) | 657 (50.5) | 329 (26.4) | 460 (35.2) | 346 (29.4) | 284 (23.0) | 3,076 (35.1) |
Care home | 362 (28.0) | 226 (18.9) | 308 (23.7) | 457 (36.7) | 542 (41.5) | 304 (25.8) | 454 (36.7) | 2,653 (30.3) |
Elsewhere | 11 (0.9) | 32 (2.7) | 17 (1.3) | 25 (2.0) | 32 (2.5) | 42 (3.6) | 26 (2.1) | 185 (2.1) |
Demographics: | ||||||||
Age | ||||||||
Mean in years (SD) | 54.2 (16.3) | 52.2 (14.3) | 47.1 (15.7) | 48.7 (15.9) | 54.5 (14.6) | 50.1 (16.9) | 48.1 (16.5) | 50.7 (16.0) |
16-29 | 107 (8.0) | 88 (7.5) | 213 (15.8) | 177 (15.0) | 61 (4.7) | 169 (13.8) | 204 (15.4) | 1,019 (11.5) |
30-39 | 151 (11.3) | 119 (10.2) | 197 (14.6) | 166 (14.1) | 126 (9.7) | 176 (14.4) | 213 (16.1) | 1,148 (12.9) |
40-49 | 255 (19.1) | 261 (22.3) | 361 (26.8) | 241 (20.4) | 289 (22.3) | 231 (18.9) | 279 (21.0) | 1,917 (21.6) |
50-59 | 258 (19.4) | 315 (27.0) | 273 (20.3) | 272 (23.1) | 313 (24.2) | 246 (20.1) | 294 (22.2) | 1,971 (22.2) |
60-69 | 317 (23.8) | 256 (21.9) | 184 (13.7) | 209 (17.7) | 306 (23.6) | 226 (18.5) | 198 (14.9) | 1,696 (19.1) |
70+ | 244 (18.3) | 129 (11.0) | 119 (8.8) | 115 (9.7) | 199 (15.4) | 175 (14.3) | 139 (10.5) | 1,120 (12.6) |
Country of birth | ||||||||
Born in country | 1,201 (89.0) | 1,205 (95.0) | 1,233 (90.6) | 1,298 (96.1) | 1,275 (94.2) | 1,168 (90.8) | 1,275 (93.4) | 8,655 (92.7) |
Gender | ||||||||
Female | 863 (63.9) | 832 (65.6) | 790 (58.0) | 974 (72.0) | 891 (65.8) | 893 (69.4) | 935 (68.4) | 6,178 (66.1) |
Living arrangements | ||||||||
Living alone | 325 (24.2) | 197 (15.6) | 281 (20.8) | 142 (10.5) | 294 (21.8) | 136 (10.6) | 156 (11.5) | 1,531 (16.5) |
Marital status | ||||||||
Married or with a partner | 822 (61.3) | 951 (75.7) | 784 (58.1) | 860 (63.8) | 932 (69.2) | 814 (63.6) | 847 (62.2) | 6,010 (64.8) |
Divorced or separated | 175 (13.1) | 100 (8.0) | 152 (11.3) | 86 (6.4) | 110 (8.2) | 91 (7.1) | 100 (7.3) | 814 (8.8) |
Widowed | 131 (9.8) | 96 (7.6) | 83 (6.2) | 92 (6.8) | 142 (10.5) | 109 (8.5) | 113 (8.3) | 766 (8.3) |
Single | 212 (15.8) | 110 (8.8) | 330 (24.5) | 310 (23.0) | 162 (12.0) | 265 (20.7) | 301 (22.1) | 1,690 (18.2) |
Religion or denomination | ||||||||
With a religion or denomination | 778 (57.9) | 664 (52.9) | 771 (57.0) | 1,094 (81.6) | 616 (45.6) | 1,017 (79.6) | 959 (71.0) | 5,899 (63.6) |