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Table 3 Cancer and clinical characteristics of the cancer decedents by potentially burdensome care composite index

From: Potentially burdensome care at the end-of-life for cancer decedents: a retrospective population-wide study

 

None

(n = 55,343; 69.2%)

1 indicator

(n = 15,979; 20.0%)

≥ 2 indicators

(n = 8,683; 10.9%)

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Age at diagnosis, median (SD)

73.0

(5.6)

70.0

(13.3)

68.0

(12.9)

< 0.0001

Time from diagnosis to death (years), median (SD)

2.2

(7.5)

2.0

(7.1)

1.9

(6.7)

< 0.0001

History of cancer (yes)

14,126

26.6

4,204

27.2

2,372

28.3

0.003

Survival duration (days) 1

       

31–89

5,292

9.6

1,684

10.5

926

10.7

< 0.0001

≥ 90 days to < 180

4,970

9.0

1,514

9.5

844

9.7

 

≥ 180

42,887

77.5

12,251

76.7

6,624

76.3

 

Not known

2,194

4.0

530

3.3

289

3.3

 

Cancer type

       

 Head and neck

1,544

2.8

435

2.7

180

2.1

< 0.0001

 Digestive organs, excl. colorectal

9,302

16.8

2,829

17.7

1,469

16.9

 

 Colorectal

6,759

12.2

1,788

11.2

929

10.7

 

 Lung

9,800

17.7

3,022

18.9

1,676

19.3

 

 Melanoma of the skin

1,980

3.6

515

3.2

303

3.5

 

 Mesothelial and soft tissue

1,413

2.6

395

2.5

211

2.4

 

 Breast

4,129

7.5

1,048

6.6

502

5.8

 

 Female genital organs, excl. ovarian

1,277

2.3

291

1.8

127

1.5

 

 Ovarian

1,217

2.2

311

2.0

174

2.0

 

 Prostate

4,372

7.9

1,050

6.6

459

5.3

 

 Kidney

1,086

2.0

301

1.9

169

2.0

 

 Bladder

1,253

2.3

347

2.2

173

2.0

 

 Neurological

1,903

3.4

346

2.2

118

1.4

 

 Blood and lymphatic system

5,339

9.7

2,168

13.6

1,578

18.2

 

 Unknown primary site

2,861

5.2

761

4.8

418

4.8

 

 Other cancers and other ill-defined sites

1,108

2.0

372

2.3

197

2.3

 

Degree of cancer spread

       

In-situ/localised

11,486

20.8

2,986

18.7

1,491

17.2

< 0.0001

Regionalised

10,983

19.5

3,241

20.3

1,650

19.0

 

Metastatic

17,019

30.8

5,004

31.3

2,789

32.1

 

Not known

15,855

28.7

4,748

29.7

2,753

31.7

 

Place of death

       

Home

8,722

15.8

1,075

6.7

317

3.7

< 0.0001

Hospice

1,265

2.3

126

0.8

55

0.6

 

Hospital

23,425

42.3

10,906

68.3

6,363

73.3

 

Residential aged care

9,163

16.6

367

2.3

119

1.4

 

Not known

12,768

23.1

3,505

21.9

1,829

21.1

 
  1. 1 Not known excluded from the chi-square test of independence
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