Place of death from cancer in Scotland May 2001–December 2009 by ethnic group
| Place of death | Statistic | Total | White Scottish | White Irish | Other White British | Other White | South Asian* | Chinese | African Origin† | Other non-White‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | N (%)§ | 61 439 (52.3%) | 56 032 (52.4%) | 703 (49.1%) | 3 913 (51.4%) | 541 (51.2%) | 106 (52.0%) | 52 (53.6%) | 34 (66.7%) | 58 (47.9%) |
| Home | N (%) | 35 594 (30.3%) | 32 187 (30.1%) | 497 (34.7%) | 2 464 (32.4%) | 314 (29.7%) | 60 (29.4%) | 16 (16.5%) | 11 (21.6%) | 45 (37.2%) |
| Hospice | N (%) | 20 433 (17.4%) | 18 678 (17.5%) | 231 (16.1%) | 1 232 (16.2%) | 201 (19%) | 38 (18.6%) | 29 (29.9%) | 6 (11.7%) | 18 (14.9%) |
| p Value¶ | Reference | 0.0008 | <0.0001 | 0.4092 | 0.9415 | 0.0021 | 0.1249 | 0.2298 |
*South Asian, including Pakistani, Indian and Other South Asian.
†Scottish Black African, Caribbean and Other Black.
‡Other ethnic group and mixed.
§Percentage for the column.
¶Two-sided p value based on Pearson χ2 test of association. Bonferroni-corrected level of significance to account for multiple testing: 0.007 derived from 0.05 significance level divided by the number of comparisons, in this case, 7. Fisher's exact test performed for the African Origin group given less than 10 deaths occurring in hospice. Results are consistent with the χ2 test and therefore not reported.