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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of demographic and geographic information

From: Delivery of health care at the end of life in cancer patients of four swiss cantons: a retrospective database study (SAKK 89/09)

 

All

BS/BL

TI

VS

ZH

Overall (expected)

N = 3809 (2869)

N =378 (350) 9.8% (12.2%)

N =926 (493) 23.8% (17.2%)

N =363 (252) 9.4% (8.8%)

N =2142 (1773) 55.3% (61.8%)

Gender

Male

52.7%

57.1%

55.0%

55.4%

50.4%

Female

47.3%

42.9%

45.0%

44.6%

49.6%

Cancer diagnosis

Colon

7.9%

8.5%

7.8%

5.5%

8.3%

Hematologic

6.7%

4.8%

9.1%

1.4%

6.9%

Lung

14.6%

14.6%

13.3%

17.1%

14.8%

Breast

9.9%

9.3%

8.3%

7.2%

11.2%

Prostate

10.4%

7.9%

9.1%

8.3%

11.7%

Other

50.5%

55.0%

52.5%

60.6%

47.1%

Hospital supplementary insurance status

No HSI

32.1%

35.7%

26.5%

38.8%

32.8%

ECO

39.9%

34.9%

45.0%

50.2%

36.8%

SP + P

28.0%

29.4%

28.5%

11.0%

30.4%

Borough type

City + Agglomeration

91.9%

95.8%

89.1%

65.0%

97.0%

Rural

8.1%

4.2%

10.9%

35.0%

3.0%

Age

Mean

75.5

75.3

76.8

76.2

74.8

Median

77.3

77.0

78.6

78.0

76.8

SDEV

12.2

11.6

11.8

12.5

12.3

Range

23-102

40-102

25-101

29-102

23-102

Time from first diagnosis until death (years)

Mean

4.15

4.60

3.02

4.64

4.49

Median

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

SDEV

5.28

6.17

5.08

5.98

5.76

Range

<1 year-27

<1 year-27

<1 year-12

<1 year-19

<1 year-27

  1. Legend: Hospital supplementary insurance status: no HSI = no hospital supplementary insurance, ECO = basic hospital supplementary insurance, SP + P = semi private and private hospital supplementary insurance (2 or single bed room), SDEV = standard deviation.