Determining timeframes to death for imminently dying patients: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Palliative Care

Table 1 Demographics

	Full sample
	n	%
Total number of patients	2438	-
Hospice	1452	60
Community	986	40
Age^a	74.17	13.8
18–60	361	15
61–80	1145	47
> 80	932	38
Sex
Male	1265	52
Female	1172	48
Missing data	1	0
Primary Diagnosis
Cancers	1819	75
Hospice - Cancer	1122	46
Hospice - Non-cancer	330	14
Community - Cancer	697	29
Community - Non-cancer	289	11
Solid organ failure	230	9
Neurological conditions	108	4
Cardiovascular disease	124	5
Alzheimer’s disease/dementia	65	3
Other^b	92	4

^a Mean and SD (instead of n and %) are reported
^b This includes for example, sepsis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, mental disorder, fracture, etc.

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