From: Socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban small areas of three Mediterranean cities
CAUSE OF DEATH | Percentages of death according to place of deatha | Frequency of death | Odds of death in each location compared to death at homeb | |||||||
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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 |
Malignant neoplasm | 31.6 | 65.5 | 2.9 | 18,044 | 2.073 | 2.008 | 2.139 | 0.092 | 0.084 | 0.100 |
Heart disease | 44.0 | 43.9 | 12.1 | 13,232 | 0.998 | 0.962 | 1.035 | 0.275 | 0.260 | 0.291 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 28.1 | 62.8 | 9.0 | 4145 | 2.235 | 2.086 | 2.395 | 0.320 | 0.285 | 0.360 |
Renal disease | 33.4 | 55.2 | 11.4 | 1,202 | 1.653 | 1.460 | 1.871 | 0.341 | 0.281 | 0.414 |
Liver disease | 21.4 | 75.0 | 3.6 | 917 | 3.505 | 2.990 | 4.107 | 0.168 | 0.116 | 0.243 |
Respiratory disease | 25.8 | 65.7 | 8.5 | 4,602 | 2.547 | 2.381 | 2.723 | 0.329 | 0.294 | 0.369 |
Neurodegenerative disease | 41.9 | 45.1 | 12.9 | 904 | 1.076 | 0.936 | 1.238 | 0.308 | 0.250 | 0.379 |
Alzheimer’s. dementia and senility | 39.0 | 37.1 | 23.9 | 5,755 | 0.951 | 0.897 | 1.009 | 0.613 | 0.573 | 0.655 |
HIV/AIDS | 8.6 | 85.5 | 5.9 | 220 | 9.942 | 6.202 | 15.936 | 0.686 | 0.339 | 1.389 |
Other non-palliative causes | 22.0 | 69.8 | 8.1 | 11,727 | 3.173 | 3.035 | 3.316 | 0.368 | 0.342 | 0.397 |