Table 1 Characteristics of patients and family member respondents
| Â | N (%) |
|---|---|
Patient Ethnicity | |
 Caucasian | 944 (68.2) |
 Caucasian-Mediterranean (Italian, Greek, Spanish) | 145 (10.5) |
 East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) | 105 (7.6) |
 South Asian (East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan) | 49 (3.5) |
 Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Filipino, Indonesian) | 29 (2.1) |
 Middle Eastern (Persian, Turkish, Lebanese, Egyptian) | 28 (2.0) |
 Black | 25 (1.8) |
 First Nations | 5 (0.4) |
 Hispanic | 5 (0.4) |
 Other | 49 (3.5) |
Patient Religion | |
 Christian | 936 (66.6) |
 Jewish | 173 (12.3) |
 No religion - but spiritual | 130 (9.2) |
 Atheist | 49 (3.5) |
 Muslim | 29 (2.1) |
 Buddhist | 19 (1.4) |
 Hindu | 16 (1.1) |
 Jehovah’s Witness | 6 (0.4) |
 Sikh | 2 (0.1) |
 Other | 45 (3.2) |
Patient Preferred Spoken Language | |
 English | 1112 (81.9) |
 Italian | 58 (4.3) |
 Chinese | 56 (4.1) |
 Russian | 13 (1.0) |
 Other | 118 (8.7) |
Family Preferred Spoken Language | |
 English | 1260 (93.8) |
 Chinese | 29 (2.2) |
 Other | 54 (4.0) |
Relationship to Patient | |
 Husband/Wife/Partner | 723 (48.7) |
 Son/Daughter | 360 (24.3) |
 Parent | 222 (15.0) |
 Brother/Sister | 70 (4.7) |
 Friend | 34 (2.3) |
 Son-in-Law/Daughter-in-Law | 14 (0.9) |
 Other | 61 (4.1) |
Location of Death | |
 Intensive Care Units | 592 (38.4) |
 Hospital Ward | 571 (37.0) |
 Long-Term Care | 309 (20.0) |
 Emergency Room | 53 (3.4) |
 Other | 18 (1.2) |
Language Barriers | |
 Usually/always | 36 (2.4) |
 Never/sometimes | 1461 (97.6) |
Level of Religiosity/Spirituality | |
 Very/somewhat | 680 (51.6) |
 A little/not at all | 637 (48.4) |