Preferred place of death of Italian patients deceased for cancer, by geographical area
| Italy | North west | North east | Centre | South and Isles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *All percentages (95% confidence interval) are weighted. †Estimates based on 78.9% of the interviews with the caregivers (n = 1003). | |||||
| Actual sample | 1271 | 604 | 209 | 241 | 217 |
| Cancer deaths | 155446 | 72049 | 27048 | 29379 | 26970 |
| Column%* (95% CI) | Column%* (95% CI) | Column%* (95% CI) | Column%* (95% CI) | Column%* (95% CI) | |
| Preferred place of death | |||||
| Home | 91.5 (89.5 to 93.1) | 87.7 (84.0 to 90.6) | 88.1 (82.6 to 92.1) | 93.1 (88.7 to 95.9) | 97.6 (94.1 to 99.0) |
| Other home | 2.0 (1.2 to 3.3) | 2.4 (1.1 to 5.2) | 1.4 (0.4 to 4.2) | 2.7 (1.0 to 7.5) | 1.4 (0.4 to 4.6) |
| Hospital | 4.9 (3.5 to 6.8) | 8.0 (5.9 to 10.7) | 7.8 (3.6 to 15.9) | 3.3 (1.4 to 7.5) | – |
| Hospice | 0.2 (0.1 to 1.0) | – | – | 0.4 (0.1 to 3.1) | 0.5 (0.1 to 4.7) |
| Nursing home | 1.4 (0.7 to 2.8) | 2.0 (0.8 to 4.8) | 2.8 (0.8 to 9.1) | 0.5 (0.1 to 3.4) | 0.5 (0.1 to 3.4) |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Unknown | 20.3 | 22.4 | 36.8 | 21.3 | 2.7 |
| p values<0.001 (among the four geographical areas) | |||||