Place of death | Total | |||||
Care home | Own home | |||||
Individuals who died (N) | % * | Individuals who died (N) | %* | Individuals who died (N) | (%)* | |
Total | 17 522 | 30.4 | 40 110 | 69.6 | 57 632 | |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 8471 | 48.3 | 22 319 | 55.6 | 30 790 | 53.4 |
Female | 9051 | 51.7 | 17 791 | 44.4 | 26 842 | 46.6 |
P value † | p<0.001 | |||||
Age at death | ||||||
Less than 60 | 584 | 3.3 | 4615 | 11.5 | 5199 | 9.0 |
60–69 | 1527 | 8.7 | 7809 | 19.5 | 9336 | 16.2 |
70–79 | 4040 | 23.1 | 13 315 | 33.2 | 17 355 | 30.1 |
80–89 | 7546 | 43.1 | 11 621 | 29.0 | 19 167 | 33.3 |
90 and over | 3825 | 21.8 | 2750 | 6.9 | 6575 | 11.4 |
P value † | p<0.001 | |||||
Ethnicity | ||||||
White | 16 255 | 92.8 | 36 603 | 91.3 | 52 858 | 91.7 |
Non-white | 423 | 2.4 | 1837 | 4.6 | 2260 | 3.9 |
Not stated or not known | 844 | 4.8 | 1670 | 4.2 | 2514 | 4.4 |
P value † | p<0.001 | |||||
Time elapsed between cancer diagnosis and date of death | ||||||
Less than 6 months | 3676 | 21.0 | 8233 | 20.5 | 11 909 | 20.7 |
6 months to 1 year | 2412 | 13.8 | 5133 | 12.8 | 7545 | 13.1 |
1 to 2 years | 2541 | 14.5 | 5962 | 14.9 | 8503 | 14.8 |
2 to 5 years | 3557 | 20.3 | 9113 | 22.7 | 12 670 | 22.0 |
5 to 10 years | 2264 | 12.9 | 5654 | 14.1 | 7918 | 13.7 |
10 to 15 years | 1134 | 6.5 | 2382 | 5.9 | 3516 | 6.1 |
More than 15 years | 1938 | 11.1 | 3633 | 9.1 | 5571 | 9.7 |
P value † | p<0.001 | |||||
Stage at cancer diagnosis | ||||||
1 | 1304 | 7.4 | 2513 | 6.3 | 3817 | 6.6 |
2 | 1749 | 10.0 | 3586 | 8.9 | 5335 | 9.3 |
3 | 2168 | 12.4 | 6380 | 15.9 | 8548 | 14.8 |
4 | 5336 | 30.5 | 15 787 | 39.4 | 21 123 | 36.7 |
Unknown | 6965 | 39.8 | 11 844 | 29.5 | 18 809 | 32.6 |
P value † | p<0.001 | |||||
Cancer site | ||||||
Trachea, Bronchus and Lung | 3393 | 19.4 | 9234 | 23.0 | 12 627 | 21.9 |
Prostate | 1888 | 10.8 | 2943 | 7.3 | 4831 | 8.4 |
Breast | 1495 | 8.5 | 2396 | 6.0 | 3891 | 6.8 |
Colorectal | 2404 | 13.7 | 5062 | 12.6 | 7466 | 13.0 |
Cancer of unknown primary | 811 | 4.6 | 1533 | 3.8 | 2344 | 4.1 |
Pancreas | 717 | 4.1 | 2638 | 6.6 | 3355 | 5.8 |
Oesophagus | 592 | 3.4 | 1920 | 4.8 | 2512 | 4.4 |
Bladder | 663 | 3.8 | 1190 | 3.0 | 1853 | 3.2 |
Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts | 413 | 2.4 | 1442 | 3.6 | 1855 | 3.2 |
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 480 | 2.7 | 925 | 2.3 | 1405 | 2.4 |
Other | 4666 | 26.6 | 10 827 | 27.0 | 15 493 | 26.9 |
P value † | <0.001 | |||||
Income domain of the IMD‡ | ||||||
1—least deprived | 3231 | 18.4 | 7617 | 19.0 | 10 848 | 18.8 |
2 | 3780 | 21.6 | 8610 | 21.5 | 12 390 | 21.5 |
3 | 3810 | 21.7 | 8123 | 20.3 | 11 933 | 20.7 |
4 | 3559 | 20.3 | 7689 | 19.2 | 11 248 | 19.5 |
5—most deprived | 3142 | 17.9 | 8071 | 20.1 | 11 213 | 19.5 |
P value † | p<0.001 |
*Column percentage.
†The p value represents the results for the likelihood ratio test for each variable between people who died in a care home and those who died in their own home.
‡Index of Multiple Deprivation.