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Table 1 Cohort demographics

From: Benchmarking time to initiation of end-of-life homecare nursing: a population-based cancer cohort study in regions across Canada

Province - Region #

Any Homecare Nursing Cohort, n

End-of-Life Homecare Nursing Sub-cohort, n (% of any nursing)

Median Age (IQR)

Female (%)

Wealthiest Income Quintile (%)

Deyo-Charlson Index of 1 or greater (%)

BC - 2

7104

6447 (91%)

71 (61–79)

48%

17%

14%

BC - 4

5902

5328 (90%)

73 (63–81)

47%

21%

13%

BC - 3

4225

3663 (87%)

72 (62–80)

49%

24%

14%

BC - 5

1242

1061 (85%)

68 (59–76)

44%

20%

20%

BC - 1

1021

878 (86%)

72 (64–80)

44%

12%

16%

NS - 9

1891

1633 (86%)

71 (61–80)

45%

20%

14%

NS - 8

824

701 (85%)

71 (62–80)

48%

14%

28%

NS - 3

478

406 (85%)

73 (64–81)

47%

15%

16%

NS - 4

450

375 (83%)

72 (62–80)

48%

18%

16%

NS - 2

412

372 (90%)

71 (62–81)

43%

12%

19%

NS - 1

377

315 (84%)

73 (62-(81)

47%

29%

11%

NS - 6

337

321 (95%)

73 (63–81)

42%

17%

22%

NS - 7

246

193 (78%)

76 (62–84)

45%

19%

23%

NS - 5

238

179 (75%)

71 (62–79)

48%

13%

21%

ON - 4

8256

5742 (70%)

71 (60–79)

48%

17%

18%

ON -9

6883

4696 (68%)

70 (60–80)

49%

15%

18%

ON - 11

6048

4487 (74%)

70 (62–78)

49%

22%

16%

ON - 8

5811

3885 (67%)

71 (60–80)

48%

21%

18%

ON - 7

4557

3307 (73%)

71 (59–79)

51%

30%

18%

ON - 2

5382

2710 (50%)

70 (60–78)

48%

18%

16%

ON - 3

3227

2565 (79%)

71 (60–78)

48%

21%

16%

ON - 1

3969

2552 (64%)

70 (64–79)

48%

18%

19%

ON - 6

3762

2459 (65%)

70 (59–77)

49%

29%

16%

ON - 13

3534

2121 (60%)

70 (62–79)

46%

13%

22%

ON - 10

3184

1846 (58%)

71 (60–78)

45%

15%

16%

ON - 12

2692

1752 (65%)

72 (60–78)

46%

24%

19%

ON - 5

2287

1302 (57%)

69 (61–79)

48%

12%

17%

ON - 14

1000

607 (61%)

70 (61–77)

46%

17%

23%