Characteristic | Home visit receipt; No. (and %) of adult Nova Scotians* | |
---|---|---|
 | No home visit n = 3947 | At least one home visit n = 3265 |
Neighbourhood income quintile †|  |  |
Lower | 1029 (60.0) | 685 (40.0) |
Lower middle | 866 (58.4) | 618 (41.6) |
Middle | 747 (51.5) | 704 (48.5) |
Upper middle | 676 (52.3) | 610 (47.4) |
Upper | 399 (45.2) | 483 (54.8) |
Sex †|  |  |
Male | 2323 (56.9) | 1763 (43.2) |
Female | 1624 (52.0) | 1502 (48.1) |
Year of death ‡ |  |  |
1992 | 643 (56.3) | 499 (43.7) |
1993 | 637 (54.8) | 525 (45.2) |
1994 | 655 (52.7) | 588 (47.3) |
1995 | 648 (52.1) | 597 (48.0) |
1996 | 679 (54.7) | 562 (45.3) |
1997 | 685 (58.1) | 494 (41.9) |
Age group § |  |  |
< 65 years | 968 (55.6) | 772 (44.4) |
65–74 years | 1165 (54.2) | 986 (45.8) |
75+ years | 1814 (54.6) | 1507 (45.4) |
Cancer case of death †|  |  |
Lung | 2094 (57.0) | 1580 (43.0) |
Colorectal | 674 (55.1) | 549 (44.9) |
Breast | 629 (50.6) | 614 (49.4) |
Prostate | 550 (51.3) | 522 (48.7) |
Survival time †|  |  |
<61 days | 935 (78.4) | 258 (21.6) |
61–120 days | 307 (49.8) | 310 (50.2) |
121–180+ days | 2705 (50.1) | 2697 (49.9) |
Region of residency †|  |  |
Halifax regional municipality | 1082 (47.2) | 1211 (52.8) |
All other regions of Nova Scotia | 2855 (58.2) | 2049 (41.8) |
Visit within a long term care center (LTC) †|  |  |
None | 3421 (53.6) | 2968 (46.5) |
At least one LTC visit | 526 (63.9) | 297 (36.1) |
Specialty visits ‡ |  |  |
0–2 | 1066 (57.5) | 789 (42.5) |
3–6 | 1025 (54.4) | 859 (45.6) |
7–13 | 736 (54.8) | 608 (45.2) |
14+ | 1120 (52.6) | 1009 (47.4) |
Total days as hospital inpatient ‡ |  |  |
0 | 568 (55.4) | 458 (44.6) |
1–12 | 1247 (55.3) | 1007 (44.7) |
13–31 | 1132 (52.0) | 1044 (48.0) |
32+ | 1000 (57.0) | 756 (43.1) |
Admission to palliative care program †|  |  |
No | 3342 (59.2) | 2301 (40.8) |
Yes | 605 (38.6) | 964 (61.4) |
Received palliative radiation †|  |  |
No | 3085 (56.8) | 2346 (43.2) |
Yes | 862 (48.4) | 919 (51.6) |