Table 1

Cohort demographics by end-of-life disease trajectory

Terminal illnessOrgan failureFrailtyOtherSudden deathOverall
N%N%N%N%N%N%
Total cohort* 75 6573272 3633167 5132911 784578423235 159100
Sex
 Male39 1255234 3714830 70345529545498764114 48149
 Female36 5324837 9925336 81055648955285536120 67851
Age
 <19172<1691147<1827743562171
 19–4418862160124791332326363469343
 45–54545473247417383442415472012425
 55–6412 311166631941936730610901424 95511
 65–7418 0422410 88515747211122910676938 30416
 75–8422 7903021 4473018 990282959257801066 96628
 85–9413 7301823 5143227 64141425736592869 73430
 95+12722434766953101008986113666
Income†
 Lowest16 0142117 2882415 6372325452220082653 49223
 Low15 9312115 3442113 6342023172016262148 85221
 Middle14 6981913 7271913 0591920861814741945 04419
 High14 6211913 0741812 8841920631813581744 00019
 Highest13 9961912 1361711 8501819671712581641 20718
Rurality†
 Urban64 3028561 1718557 85386975283656484199 64285
 Rural11231510741595581412861112111534 02714
No. of Chronic Diseases
 0348<1204931649211661017912370033
 1649693732536745672618912416 4657
 211 388156463971441111501013581727 50312
 314 8462095431397101415591310221336 68016
 414 2381911 2961611 05916181515674939 08217
 511 2601511 7721610 73016174015457635 95915
 6+17 0812327 5083823 54735368231649872 46731
  • *Percentages of ‘total cohort’ row represent the proportion of the whole cohort. All other percentages in each descriptive category are representative of the proportion of patients in each category under each trajectory and are not summative across a whole row.

  • †Does not equal 100 %: a small number of records are missing this information.