Table 1 Characteristics of study population per country (N = 1798)
Belgium (N = 500) N (%) | The Netherlands (N = 310) N (%) | Italy (N = 764) N (%) | Spain (N = 224) N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender* | ||||
Female | 210 (42.0) | 138 (44.8) | 344 (45.0) | 69 (31.1) |
Male | 290 (58.0) | 170 (55.2) | 420 (55.0) | 153 (68.9) |
Age at death † | ||||
18-64 years | 150 (30.3) | 88 (28.4) | 180 (23.6) | 51 (22.8) |
65-84 years | 276 (55.8) | 187 (60.3) | 430 (56.3) | 132 (58.9) |
85 years and older | 69 (13.9) | 35 (11.3) | 154 (20.2) | 41 (18.3) |
Cancer type ‡ | ||||
Lung cancer | 135 (27.0) | 78 (26.4) | 174 (27.6) | 44 (20.2) |
Breast cancer | 39 (7.8) | 30 (10.2) | 51 (8.1) | 11 (5.0) |
Colorectal cancer | 59 (11.8) | 34 (11.5) | 92 (14.6) | 42 (19.3) |
Prostate cancer | 20 (4.0) | 22 (7.5) | 30 (4.8) | 22 (10.1) |
Other | 247 (49.4) | 131 (44.4) | 283 (44.9) | 99 (45.4) |
GP provided palliative care § | ||||
No | 193 (38.6) | 79 (26.1) | 277 (36.3) | 62 (28.8) |
Yes | 307 (61.4) | 224 (73.9) | 486 (63.7) | 153 (71.2) |