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Table 2 Percentages, frequencies and odds of death in each location compared to death at home according specific palliative/non-palliative causes. Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. 2010–2015

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

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

  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