Table 2 Descriptive statistics of clinical information
During last month before death | Hospitalized n/% (95% CI) | Cancer drug therapy n/% (95% CI) | Radiotherapy n/% (95% CI) | Cancer drug and/or radiotherapy n/% (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ALL (n = 3809) Died in Hospital (n = 2327, 61.1%) | 2608/68.5 (67.0 – 69.9) | 552/14.5 (13.4 – 15.6) | 293/7.7 (6.7 – 8.4) | 773/20.3 (19.0 – 21.6) | |
Gender | Male (n = 2006) | 1463/72.9 (71.0 – 74.9) | 310/15.4 (13.8 – 17.0) | 175/8.7 (7.5 – 10.0) | 440/21.9 (20.1 – 23.7) |
Female (n = 1803) | 1145/63.5 (61.3 – 65.7) | 244/13.5 (12.0 – 15.1) | 114/6.3 (5.1 – 7.4) | 334/18.5 (16.7 – 20.3) | |
Cancer diagnosis | Colon (n = 301) | 194/64.5 (59.0 – 69.9) | 43/14.3 (10.3 – 18.2) | 19/6.3 (3.6 – 9.1) | 56/18.6 (14.2 – 23.0) |
Hematologic (n = 255) | 187/73.3 (67.9 – 78.8) | 48/18.8 (14.0 – 23.6) | 16/6.3 (3.3 – 9.3) | 56/22.0 (16.9 – 27.0) | |
Lung (n = 557) | 424/76.1 (72.6 – 79.7) | 113/20.3 (16.9 – 23.6) | 75/13.5 (10.6 – 16.3) | 173/31.1 (27.2 – 34.9) | |
Breast (n = 378) | 220/58.2 (53.2 – 63.2) | 68/18.0 (14.1 – 21.9) | 24/6.3 (3.9 – 8.8) | 86/22.8 (18.5 – 27.0) | |
Prostate (n = 395) | 225/64.6 (59.8 – 69.3) | 33/8.4 (5.6 – 11.1) | 32/8.1 (5.4 – 10.8) | 61/15.4 (11.9 – 19.0) | |
Other (n = 1923) | 1328/69.1 (67.0 – 71.1) | 249/12.9 (11.4 – 14.4) | 123/6.3 (5.3 – 7.4) | 340/17.7 (16.0 – 19.4) | |
Hospital supplementary insurance status | No HSI (n = 1224) | 771/63.0 (60.3 – 65.7) | 135/11.0 (9.3 – 12.8) | 147/6.5 (5.1 – 7.8) | 200/16.3 (14.2 – 18.3) |
ECO (n = 1520) | 1053/69.3 (67.0 – 71.6) | 201/13.2 (11.5 – 14.9) | 116/7.6 (6.3 – 9.0) | 293/19.3 (17.4 – 21.3) | |
SP + P (n = 1065) | 782/73.6 (71.0 – 76.3) | 218/20.5 (18.0 – 22.9) | 93/8.7 (7.0 – 10.4) | 280/26.3 (23.6 – 28.9) | |
Canton of residence | BS/BL (n = 378) | 280/74.1 (69.7 – 78.5) | 50/13.2 (9.8 – 16.6) | 32/8.5 (5.7 – 11.3) | 76/20.1 (16.1 – 24.1) |
TI (n = 926) | 654/70.6 (67.7 – 73.6) | 169/18.3 (15.8 – 20.7) | 53/5.7 (4.2 – 7.2) | 208/22.5 (19.8 – 25.2) | |
VS (n = 363) | 212/58.4 (53.3 – 63.5) | 31/8.5 (5.7 – 11.4) | 21/5.8 (3.4 – 8.2) | 48/13.2 (9.7 – 16.7) | |
ZH (n = 2142) | 1462/68.3 (66.3 – 70.2) | 304/14.1 (12.7 – 15.6) | 183/8.5 (7.3 – 9.7) | 441/20.6 (18.9 – 22.3) | |
Borough type | City + Agglomeration (n = 3501) | 2419/69.1 (67.6 – 70.6) | 515/14.7 (13.4 – 16.0) | 226/7.6 (6.6 – 8.4) | 718/20.5 (19.1 – 21.8) |
Ruraly (n = 308) | 189/61.4 (55.9 – 66.8) | 37/12.0 (8.4 – 15.6) | 23/7.5 (4.5 – 10.4) | 57/18.5 (14.2 – 22.8) | |
Patient hospitalization/chart information | No information* (n = 1337) | 79/5.9 (4.6 – 7.2) | 45/3.4 (2.4 – 4.3) | 116/8.7 (7.2 – 10.2) | |
Cancer related hosp. (n = 2068) | 467/22.6 (20.8 – 24.4) | 234/11.3 (9.9 – 12.7) | 643/31.1 (29.1 – 33.1) | ||
Not cancer related hosp. (n = 404) | 6/1.5 (0.3 – 2.7) | 9/2.2 (0.8 – 3.7) | 14/3.5 (1.7 – 5.2) | ||