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Table 2 Demographical and clinical characteristics of children and young people who died with cancer, England 1993–2014 (N = 12,774)

From: Place of death in children and young people with cancer and implications for end of life care: a population-based study in England, 1993–2014

Variable

Value

Year of death

1993–2000

2001–2004

2005–2014

Total

5187

2431

5156

Average/year

649

608

517

Age

<1

162(3.1)

63(2.6)

152(2.9)

01–04

736(14.2)

325(13.4)

722(14.0)

05–09

887(17.1)

377(15.5)

785(15.2)

10–14

808(15.6)

411(16.9)

743(14.4)

15–19

1062(20.5)

574(23.6)

1169(22.7)

20–24

1532(29.5)

681(28.0)

1585(30.7)

Gender

Female

2193(42.3)

1059(43.6)

2244(43.5)

Male

2994(57.7)

1372(56.4)

2912(56.5)

Underlying cause of death

Leukaemia

1366(26.3)

564(23.2)

992(19.2)

Lymphoma & other haem-atological cancers

447(8.6)

203(8.4)

377(7.3)

Bone & connective

694(13.4)

384(15.8)

812(15.7)

Brain & CNS etc.

1117(21.5)

580(23.9)

1384(26.8)

Renal/Liver/Adrenal including neuroblastoma

467(9.0)

226(9.3)

498(9.7)

Other malignant & neoplasm

876(16.9)

389(16.0)

928(18.0)

Non-cancer

220(4.2)

85(3.5)

165(3.2)

N. contributing CoDs

0

2476(47.7)

1209(49.7)

2757(53.5)

1

1703(32.8)

680(28.0)

1300(25.2)

2

648(12.5)

311(12.8)

605(11.7)

3+

360(6.9)

231(9.5)

494(9.6)

IDACI quintile

Most deprived

1252(24.1)

585(24.1)

1317(25.5)

2

1033(19.9)

494(20.3)

1064(20.6)

3

1003(19.3)

451(18.6)

1002(19.4)

4

909(17.5)

445(18.3)

879(17.0)

Least deprived

990(19.1)

456(18.8)

894(17.3)

Settlement

Urban

4345(83.8)

2031(83.5)

4326(83.9)

Rural

842(16.2)

400(16.5)

830(16.1)

Strategic clinical network

Cheshire & Merseyside

257(5.0)

118(4.9)

222(4.3)

East Midlands

463(8.9)

209(8.6)

467(9.1)

East of England

512(9.9)

283(11.6)

578(11.2)

Greater Manchester, Lancashire and south Cumbria

456(8.8)

233(9.6)

416(8.1)

London

717(13.8)

383(15.8)

847(16.4)

North East, north Cumbria, and the Hambleton & Richmondshire districts of North Yorkshire

325(6.3)

136(5.6)

281(5.4)

South East Coast

419(8.1)

206(8.5)

424(8.2)

South West

438(8.4)

192(7.9)

436(8.5)

Thames Valley

172(3.3)

85(3.5)

176(3.4)

Wessex

280(5.4)

108(4.4)

221(4.3)

West Midlands

590(11.4)

229(9.4)

566(11.0)

Yorkshire & The Humber

558(10.8)

249(10.2)

522(10.1)

Place of death

Hospital

2656(51.2)

1271(52.3)

2317(44.9)

Home

2129(41.0)

896(36.9)

2069(40.1)

Hospice

307(5.9)

212(8.7)

660(12.8)

Elsewhere

95(1.8)

52(2.1)

110(2.1)