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Table 1 Characteristics* of the study population by the status of palliative care service use

From: Primary care service use by end-of-life cancer patients: a nationwide population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom

Variable

Value

All

No PC

PC

N (row%)

68,523 (100.0)

37,330 (54.5)

31,193 (45.5)

Age at death

Median (min, max)

77 (6, 111)

78 (6110)

74 (18, 111)

< 50

2010 (2.9)

873 (2.3)

1137 (3.6)

50–59

5287 (7.7)

2253 (6.0)

3034 (9.7)

60–69

12,702(18.5)

5906 (15.8)

6796 (21.8)

70–79

21,282 (31.1)

11,258 (30.2)

10,024 (32.1)

80–89

21,206(30.9)

12,844 (34.4)

8362 (26.8)

90+

6036 (8.8)

4196 (11.2)

1840 (5.9)

Gender

Female

31,138(45.4)

16,805 (45.0)

14,333 (45.9)

Male

37,385 (54.6)

20,525 (55.0)

16,860 (54.1)

Cancer site

Lung

25,154 (36.7)

11,983 (32.1)

13,171 (42.2)

Colorectal

16,560 (24.2)

8740 (23.4)

7820 (25.1)

Breast

13,682 (20.0)

8254 (22.1)

5428 (17.4)

Prostate

13,127 (19.2)

8353 (22.4)

4774 (15.3)

No. of comorbid conditions

0

17,028 (24.9)

9486 (25.4)

7542 (24.2)

1

22,774 (33.2)

12,094 (32.4)

10,680 (34.2)

2

15,338 (22.4)

8286 (22.2)

7052 (22.6)

3

7903 (11.5)

4335 (11.6)

3568 (11.4)

4+

5480 (8.0)

3129 (8.4)

2351 (7.5)

Time between diagnosis and death (months)

Median (min, max)

15 (0, 292)

15 (0, 292)

15 (0, 273)

< 6

20,172 (29.4)

11,809 (31.6)

8363 (26.8)

6–12

11,245 (16.4)

5334 (14.3)

5911 (18.9)

13–36

17,679 (25.8)

8674 (23.2)

9005 (28.9)

37–60

7802 (11.4)

4283 (11.5)

3519 (11.3)

61–120

8657 (12.6)

5279 (14.1)

3378 (10.8)

121+

2968 (4.3)

1951 (5.2)

1017 (3.3)

Year of death

2000–2004

16,884 (24.6)

12,264 (32.9)

4620 (14.8)

2005–2009

26,892 (39.2)

14,346 (38.4)

12,546 (40.2)

2010–2014

24,747 (36.1)

10,720 (28.7)

14,027 (45.0)

IMD quintile**

1 (Least deprived)

8956 (13.1)

4678 (12.5)

4278 (13.7)

2

10,019 (14.6)

5295 (14.2)

4724 (15.1)

3

8766 (12.8)

4763 (12.8)

4003 (12.8)

4

8076 (11.8)

4422 (11.8)

3654 (11.7)

5 (Most deprived)

6953 (10.1)

3843 (10.3)

3110 (10.0)

Not available

25,753 (37.6)

14,329 (38.4)

11,424 (36.6)

Region

England

53,377 (77.9)

29,214 (78.3)

24,163 (77.5)

Wales

5921 (8.6)

3285 (8.8)

2636 (8.5)

Scotland

7044 (10.3)

3668 (9.8)

3376 (10.8)

Northern Ireland

2181 (3.2)

1163 (3.1)

1018 (3.3)

  1. * expressed as N (column %) unless stated otherwise. The comparisons of the two groups were all statistically significant (P < 0.05)
  2. ** for England only