Cohort characteristics
| N | 25 679 |
| Female (%) | 46.4 |
| Malignant diagnosis (%) | 81.5 |
| Setting of care/place of death (%) | |
| Hospital palliative care unit/hospice | 75.1 |
| Home | 20.4 |
| Residential aged care facility | 4.0 |
| Community—not specified | 0.5 |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean | 73.6 |
| SD | 13.7 |
| Range | 0–109 |