Table 1 Characteristics of target municipalities
ACP awareness-raising activities for community residents | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active (n = 580) | Inactive (n = 103) | Under consideration (n = 229) | |||||||
Median | 25–75 percentile | Median | 25–75 percentile | Median | 25–75 percentile | ||||
Municipality characteristics | |||||||||
Financial capability index | 0.59 | 0.39 | 0.82 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.66 | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.56 |
Total population | 47 886.5 | 16 988.0 | 116 083.0 | 17 638.0 | 6 610.0 | 46 530.0 | 19 922.0 | 9 682.0 | 42 700.0 |
Population density | 425.1 | 114.1 | 1528.9 | 115.4 | 33.5 | 637.5 | 127.0 | 52.9 | 419.9 |
Percentage of population aged ≥ 65 years | 31.9 | 27.4 | 37.5 | 35.8 | 29.3 | 41.2 | 36.8 | 30.9 | 41.5 |
Average age | 49.2 | 46.6 | 52.4 | 51.7 | 47.8 | 54.5 | 51.8 | 48.6 | 54.5 |
Percentage of deaths at home | 15.5 | 11.9 | 19.0 | 13.3 | 9.2 | 17.4 | 12.7 | 9.8 | 17.8 |
Status of utilization of 2018 ACP guideline (n, %) | |||||||||
Use | 186 | 32.1 | |||||||
Non-use | 158 | 27.2 | |||||||
Under consideration | 236 | 40.7 | |||||||
Prefecture characteristics | |||||||||
Awareness-raising activities for community residents in prefecture where municipality was located (n, %) | |||||||||
Active | 395 | 71.8 | 134 | 64.1 | 51 | 53.7 | |||
Inactive | 125 | 22.7 | 49 | 23.4 | 33 | 34.7 | |||
Under consideration | 30 | 5.5 | 26 | 12.4 | 11 | 11.6 | |||