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

Table 4 Association^a between place of death and deprivation level according cause of death. Adjusted Odds Ratios (OR) for death in Hospital vs. reference category (home). Alicante, Castellón and Valencia. 2010–2015

VARIABLE	Death in Hospital vs. Home
	Malignant neoplasm			Heart disease			Cerebrovascular disease			Renal disease			Liver disease
	OR	95%CI^b		OR	95%CI^b		OR	95%CI^b		OR	95%CI^b		OR	95%CI^b
DEPRIVATION LEVEL^c
DL5	1.34	1.15	1.55	1.27	1.07	1.50	1.11	0.80	1.55	1.19	0.62	2.27	1.38	0.58	3.28
DL4	1.26	1.10	1.44	1.20	1.03	1.40	1.46	1.09	1.96	0.88	0.51	1.50	0.97	0.45	2.08
DL3	1.29	1.15	1.45	1.07	0.94	1.21	1.24	0.97	1.58	0.92	0.58	1.49	0.93	0.46	1.89
DL2	1.06	0.93	1.20	1.00	0.86	1.16	1.01	0.76	1.33	0.95	0.56	1.61	1.15	0.51	2.59
DL1	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
	Respiratory disease			Neurodegenerative disease			Alzheimer's. dementia and senility			HIV/AIDS			Other non-palliative causes
	OR	95%CI^b		OR	95%CI^b		OR	95%CI^b		OR	95%CI^b		OR	95%CI^b
DEPRIVATION LEVEL^c
DL5	2.01	1.46	2.75	1.11	0.57	2.15	1.64	1.24	2.16	1.93	0.28	13.50	1.55	1.26	1.90
DL4	1.52	1.16	2.00	1.66	0.92	2.97	1.70	1.33	2.18	2.30	0.31	17.34	1.65	1.37	1.99
DL3	1.54	1.22	1.95	1.28	0.81	2.04	1.41	1.14	1.74	4.97	0.69	35.92	1.46	1.25	1.71
DL2	1.46	1.11	1.92	0.91	0.54	1.55	1.15	0.90	1.46	3.38	0.33	35.04	0.20	1.00	1.43
DL1	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00

^aEstimation using multinomial regression model with main effects, adjusting for the rest of the explanatory variables (city, sex, age, marital status and country of birth)
^b95CI: 95% confidence interval for the OR
^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; P_q = Percentile q

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