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Table 1 Percentages, frequencies (n) and Odds of death in each location compared to death at home, according to the categories of the variables studied. Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. 2010–2015

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban small areas of three Mediterranean cities

VARIABLE

Percentages of death according to place of deatha

n

Odds of death in each location compared to death at homeb

Home

Hospital

Resid. care

Hospital

Residential care

Odds

95%IC

Odds

95%IC

TOTAL

32.4

58.5

9.1

60,748

1.806

1.774

1.837

0.281

0.273

0.289

CITY

 Alicante

31.5

60.7

7.9

14,316

1.927

1.859

1.998

0.251

0.235

0.268

 Castellón

32.3

57.6

10.1

7,286

1.783

1.696

1.876

0.313

0.288

0.340

 Valencia

32.8

57.9

9.4

39,146

1.765

1.727

1.804

0.287

0.276

0.297

SEX

 Men

30.5

63.8

5.7

29,112

2.092

2.040

2.145

0.187

0.177

0.197

 Women

34.2

53.6

12.2

31,636

1.567

1.530

1.606

0.357

0.344

0.370

AGE

 15–44

16.5

81.2

2.3

919

4.921

4.134

5.859

0.139

0.088

0.220

 45–64

23.4

75.0

1.6

6,876

3.205

3.031

3.390

0.068

0.056

0.083

 65–84

29.7

63.9

6.3

27,498

2.152

2.096

2.209

0.212

0.201

0.223

 ≥ 85

38.3

47.3

14.4

25,455

1.235

1.202

1.268

0.376

0.362

0.391

MARITAL STATUS

 Not included

26.3

62.4

11.3

1,997

2.373

2.143

2.627

0.430

0.368

0.502

 Single

27.1

59.2

13.7

5,694

2.185

2.057

2.320

0.506

0.464

0.551

 Widowed

35.0

51.5

13.5

25,652

1.471

1.433

1.511

0.386

0.371

0.401

 Divorced

21.3

72.3

6.4

2,347

3.394

3.072

3.750

0.300

0.250

0.361

 Married

32.5

63.9

3.6

25,058

1.966

1.914

2.019

0.111

0.103

0.119

COUNTRY OF BIRTH

 Spain

32.5

58.3

9.2

59,176

1.794

1.762

1.826

0.283

0.275

0.292

 Other

27.4

66.2

6.4

1,572

2.416

2.159

2.703

0.234

0.188

0.290

DEPRIVATION LEVELc

 DL1

39.8

52.7

7.5

4,907

1.324

1.249

1.404

0.188

0.169

0.211

 DL2

34.0

54.2

11.8

9,957

1.594

1.527

1.664

0.347

0.325

0.371

 DL3

31.7

59.0

9.2

30,997

1.861

1.816

1.907

0.290

0.278

0.303

 DL4

31.0

61.4

7.6

8,971

1.981

1.892

2.073

0.245

0.225

0.267

 DL5

29.4

63.2

7.3

5,916

2.150

2.031

2.275

0.248

0.223

0.276

CAUSE OF DEATH

 No palliative

22.0

69.8

8.1

11,727

3.173

3.035

3.316

0.368

0.342

0.397

 Palliative oncologic

31.6

65.5

2.9

18,044

2.073

2.008

2.139

0.092

0.084

0.100

 Palliative no oncologic

36.8

50.1

13.1

30,977

1.361

1.329

1.395

0.356

0.343

0.369

  1. aPercentages were calculated over the total frequency with declared place of death
  2. bOdds (location/home) = Percentage of death in this location/Percentage of death at home
  3. cDL: Deprivation level of the census track of residence based on the deprivation index (DI). DL1: DI < P10; DL2: P10 ≤ DI < P25; DL3: P25 ≤ DI < P75; DL4: P75 ≤ DI < P90; DL5: DI ≥ P90; Pq = Percentile q
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