Table 1

Individual characteristics of all people who died from cancer in England during 2017 in either a care home or their own home

Place of deathTotal
Care homeOwn home
Individuals who died (N)% *Individuals who died (N)%*Individuals who died (N)(%)*
Total 17 52230.440 11069.657 632
Sex
Male847148.322 31955.630 79053.4
Female905151.717 79144.426 84246.6
P value † p<0.001
Age at death
Less than 605843.3461511.551999.0
60–6915278.7780919.5933616.2
70–79404023.113 31533.217 35530.1
80–89754643.111 62129.019 16733.3
90 and over382521.827506.9657511.4
P value † p<0.001
Ethnicity
White16 25592.836 60391.352 85891.7
Non-white4232.418374.622603.9
Not stated or not known8444.816704.225144.4
P value † p<0.001
Time elapsed between cancer diagnosis and date of death
Less than 6 months367621.0823320.511 90920.7
6 months to 1 year241213.8513312.8754513.1
1 to 2 years254114.5596214.9850314.8
2 to 5 years355720.3911322.712 67022.0
5 to 10 years226412.9565414.1791813.7
10 to 15 years11346.523825.935166.1
More than 15 years193811.136339.155719.7
P value † p<0.001
Stage at cancer diagnosis
113047.425136.338176.6
2174910.035868.953359.3
3216812.4638015.9854814.8
4533630.515 78739.421 12336.7
Unknown696539.811 84429.518 80932.6
P value † p<0.001
Cancer site
Trachea, Bronchus and Lung339319.4923423.012 62721.9
Prostate188810.829437.348318.4
Breast14958.523966.038916.8
Colorectal240413.7506212.6746613.0
Cancer of unknown primary8114.615333.823444.1
Pancreas7174.126386.633555.8
Oesophagus5923.419204.825124.4
Bladder6633.811903.018533.2
Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts4132.414423.618553.2
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma4802.79252.314052.4
Other466626.610 82727.015 49326.9
P value † <0.001
Income domain of the IMD‡
1—least deprived323118.4761719.010 84818.8
2378021.6861021.512 39021.5
3381021.7812320.311 93320.7
4355920.3768919.211 24819.5
5—most deprived314217.9807120.111 21319.5
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.