Palliative care indicator 1 (15 %) | Palliative care indicator 2 (24 %) | ||||
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No. of deaths | n (% within category) | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | n (% within category) | Adjusted OR (95 % CI) | |
Age at death | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | |||
18–59 | 5722 | 1068 (19) | 0.89 (0.82–0.97) | 1601 (28) | 0.86 (0.80–0.93) |
60–79 | 15,723 | 3384 (22) | 1.00 (reference) | 5109 (32) | 1.00 (reference) |
80–89 | 16,354 | 1936 (12) | 0.73 (0.68–0.78) | 3160 (19) | 0.74 (0.70–0.79) |
90+ | 7950 | 521 (7) | 0.54 (0.49–0.61) | 907 (11) | 0.56 (0.51–0.61) |
Sex | p = 0.45 | p = 0.53 | |||
Female | 22,422 | 3121 (14) | 1.00 (reference) | 4877 (22) | 1.00 (reference) |
Male | 23,117 | 3788 (16) | 0.98 (0.92–1.04) | 5900 (26) | 0.98 (0.93–1.04) |
Unknown | 210 | 0 (0) | Not included | 0 (0) | Not included |
Country of birth | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | |||
Australia | 33,862 | 4649 (14) | 1.00 (reference) | 7650 (23) | 1.00 (reference) |
Other | 11,536 | 2258 (20) | 1.28 (1.20–1.37) | 3125 (27) | 1.17 (1.10–1.24) |
Unknown | 351 | 2 (1) | Not included | 2 (1) | Not included |
Place of residencea | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | |||
Major cities | 30,907 | 5538 (18) | 1.00 (reference) | 7809 (25) | 1.00 (reference) |
Inner regional | 10,990 | 1060 (10) | 0.46 (0.42–0.50) | 2201 (20) | 0.75 (0.70–0.81) |
Outer regional/Remote/Very remote | 3396 | 297 (9) | 0.36 (0.31–0.42) | 746 (22) | 0.81 (0.72–0.90) |
Unknown | 462 | 14 (3) | Not included | 21 (5) | Not included |
Socioeconomic statusb | p < 0.0001 | p = 0.01 | |||
Most disadvantaged quintile | 9045 | 1409 (16) | 1.27 (1.15–1.40) | 2231 (25) | 1.02 (0.93–1.12) |
Quintile 2 | 10,207 | 1317 (13) | 0.86 (0.78–0.95) | 2238 (22) | 0.76 (0.69–0.82) |
Quintile 3 | 10,169 | 1405 (14) | 0.88 (0.80–0.97) | 2133 (21) | 0.72 (0.66–0.79) |
Quintile 4 | 7878 | 1358 (17) | 1.02 (0.93–1.12) | 2039 (26) | 0.99 (0.90–1.07) |
Least disadvantaged quintile | 7943 | 1403 (18) | 1.00 (reference) | 2109 (27) | 1.00 (reference) |
Unknown | 507 | 17 (3) | Not included | 27 (5) | Not included |
Cause of death | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | |||
Circulatory system | 15,500 | 679 (4) | 1.00 (reference) | 1227 (8) | 1.00 (reference) |
Cancer | 13,441 | 5253 (39) | 12.88 (11.81–14.05) | 7841 (58) | 14.89 (13.88–15.96) |
Other known cause | 15,226 | 896 (6) | 1.30 (1.17–1.44) | 1564 (10) | 1.29 (1.19–1.39) |
Cause not known | 1582 | 81 (5) | Not included | 145 (9) | Not included |