Table 1 Characteristics of the study population by patient ethnic group.
Variables | Overall | Black | Mixed | Other | South Asian | White |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 232329 | 4752 | 1073 | 1621 | 4463 | 220420 |
Age (years) | ||||||
mean (SD) | 77·16 (12·23) | 72·36 (14·42) | 71·71 (14·68) | 71·19 (15·14) | 71·85 (13·80) | 77·44 (12·04) |
Age group (%) | ||||||
18–50 | 6942 (3·0) | 411 (8·6) | 103 (9·6) | 183 (11·3) | 364 (8·2) | 5881 (2·7) |
50–59 | 16433 (7·1) | 712 (15·0) | 156 (14·5) | 215 (13·3) | 544 (12·2) | 14806 (6·7) |
60–69 | 38592 (16·6) | 699 (14·7) | 182 (17·0) | 325 (20·0) | 940 (21·1) | 36446 (16·5) |
70–79 | 66508 (28·6) | 1210 (25·5) | 286 (26·7) | 371 (22·9) | 1222 (27·4) | 63419 (28·8) |
80+ | 103854 (44·7) | 1720 (36·2) | 346 (32·2) | 527 (32·5) | 1393 (31·2) | 99868 (45·3) |
Sex (%) | ||||||
Female | 108819 (46·8) | 1837 (38·7) | 477 (44·5) | 743 (45·8) | 1974 (44·2) | 103788 (47·1) |
Male | 123510 (53·2) | 2915 (61·3) | 596 (55·5) | 878 (54·2) | 2489 (55·8) | 116632 (52·9) |
Practice Level Rural-Urban (%) | ||||||
Rural | 33817 (14·6) | 30 (0·6) | 39 (3·6) | 84 (5·2) | 53 (1·2) | 33611 (15·2) |
Urban | 198306 (85·4) | 4719 (99·3) | 1034 (96·4) | 1534 (94·6) | 4404 (98·7) | 186615 (84·7) |
Missing | 206 (0·1) | 3 (0·1) | 0 (0·0) | 3 (0·2) | 6 (0·1) | 194 (0·1) |
Practice region (%) | ||||||
East Midlands | 4312 (1·9) | 68 (1·4) | 8 (0·7) | 17 (1·0) | 64 (1·4) | 4155 (1·9) |
East of England | 10115 (4·4) | 60 (1·3) | 29 (2·7) | 68 (4·2) | 123 (2·8) | 9835 (4·5) |
London | 30025 (12·9) | 215 (4·5) | 57 (5·3) | 105 (6·5) | 116 (2·6) | 29532 (13·4) |
North East | 9798 (4·2) | 7 (0·1) | 13 (1·2) | 15 (0·9) | 26 (0·6) | 9737 (4·4) |
North West | 49773 (21·4) | 238 (5·0) | 106 (9·9) | 191 (11·8) | 474 (10·6) | 48764 (22·1) |
South Central | 47948 (20·6) | 267 (5·6) | 141 (13·1) | 297 (18·3) | 451 (10·1) | 46792 (21·2) |
South West | 30849 (13·3) | 3371 (70·9) | 562 (52·4) | 760 (46·9) | 2323 (52·1) | 23833 (10·8) |
West Midlands | 40594 (17·5) | 500 (10·5) | 147 (13·7) | 154 (9·5) | 842 (18·9) | 38951 (17·7) |
Yorkshire & The Humber | 8915 (3·8) | 26 (0·5) | 10 (0·9) | 14 (0·9) | 44 (1·0) | 8821 (4·0) |
Year of death (%) | ||||||
2011 | 19129 (8·2) | 293 (6·2) | 69 (6·4) | 109 (6·7) | 220 (4·9) | 18438 (8·4) |
2012 | 20260 (8·7) | 327 (6·9) | 71 (6·6) | 139 (8·6) | 321 (7·2) | 19402 (8·8) |
2013 | 20786 (8·9) | 395 (8·3) | 86 (8·0) | 109 (6·7) | 324 (7·3) | 19872 (9·0) |
2014 | 20045 (8·6) | 365 (7·7) | 94 (8·8) | 117 (7·2) | 345 (7·7) | 19124 (8·7) |
2015 | 20208 (8·7) | 392 (8·2) | 91 (8·5) | 140 (8·6) | 327 (7·3) | 19258 (8·7) |
2016 | 20997 (9·0) | 377 (7·9) | 95 (8·9) | 146 (9·0) | 374 (8·4) | 20005 (9·1) |
2017 | 21555 (9·3) | 465 (9·8) | 99 (9·2) | 141 (8·7) | 397 (8·9) | 20453 (9·3) |
2018 | 22072 (9·5) | 468 (9·8) | 104 (9·7) | 157 (9·7) | 469 (10·5) | 20874 (9·5) |
2019 | 22215 (9·6) | 496 (10·4) | 113 (10·5) | 180 (11·1) | 495 (11·1) | 20931 (9·5) |
2020 | 23323 (10·0) | 602 (12·7) | 135 (12·6) | 195 (12·0) | 590 (13·2) | 21801 (9·9) |
2021 | 21739 (9·4) | 572 (12·0) | 116 (10·8) | 188 (11·6) | 601 (13·5) | 20262 (9·2) |
Cancer primary site (%) | ||||||
Bone | 3582 (1·5) | 59 (1·2) | 19 (1·8) | 31 (1··9) | 67 (1·5) | 3406 (1·5) |
Myeloma | 5477 (2·4) | 290 (6·1) | 57 (5·3) | 37 (2·3) | 148 (3·3) | 4945 (2·2) |
Breast | 42710 (18·4) | 703 (14·8) | 163 (15·2) | 251 (15·5) | 809 (18·1) | 40784 (18·5) |
Cervix | 2784 (1·2) | 64 (1·3) | 12 (1·1) | 32 (2·0) | 48 (1·1) | 2628 (1·2) |
Colorectal | 43524 (18·7) | 663 (14·0) | 178 (16·6) | 280 (17·3) | 701 (15·7) | 41702 (18·9) |
Head & neck | 9109 (3·9) | 112 (2·4) | 34 (3·2) | 68 (4·2) | 207 (4·6) | 8688 (3·9) |
Liver | 8974 (3·9) | 196 (4·1) | 51 (4·8) | 116 (7·2) | 348 (7·8) | 8263 (3·7) |
Lung | 56779 (24·4) | 839 (17·7) | 250 (23·3) | 423 (26·1) | 1097 (24·6) | 54170 (24·6) |
Pancreas | 12051 (5·2) | 269 (5·7) | 64 (6·0) | 95 (5·9) | 279 (6·3) | 11344 (5·1) |
Prostate | 40719 (17·5) | 1322 (27·8) | 203 (18·9) | 212 (13·1) | 585 (13·1) | 38397 (17·4) |
Stomach | 6620 (2·8) | 235 (4·9) | 42 (3·9) | 76 (4·7) | 174 (3·9) | 6093 (2·8) |
Palliative care quality of outcome registration (%) | ||||||
No | 104799 (45·1) | 2426 (51·1) | 474 (44·2) | 733 (45·2) | 2069 (46·4) | 99097 (45·0) |
Yes | 127530 (54·9) | 2326 (48·9) | 599 (55·8) | 888 (54·8) | 2394 (53·6) | 121323 (55·0) |
Number of comorbidities (%) | ||||||
0 | 28602 (12·3) | 673 (14·2) | 191 (17·8) | 346 (21·3) | 567 (12·7) | 26825 (12·2) |
1 | 48468 (20·9) | 1026 (21·6) | 190 (17·7) | 413 (25·5) | 797 (17·9) | 46042 (20·9) |
2 | 51734 (22·3) | 1070 (22·5) | 227 (21·2) | 300 (18·5) | 930 (20·8) | 49207 (22·3) |
3 | 43367 (18·7) | 907 (19·1) | 213 (19·9) | 225 (13·9) | 839 (18·8) | 41183 (18·7) |
4 | 29758 (12·8) | 511 (10·8) | 111 (10·3) | 170 (10·5) | 632 (14·2) | 28334 (12·9) |
5+ | 29816 (12·8) | 533 (11·2) | 138 (12·9) | 160 (9·9) | 662 (14·8) | 28323 (12·8) |
Missing | 584 (0·3) | 32 (0·7) | 3 (0·3) | 7 (0·4) | 36 (0·8) | 506 (0·2) |
IMD quintile (%) | ||||||
1(Least deprived) | 39288 (16·9) | 175 (3·7) | 132 (12·3) | 252 (15·6) | 406 (9·1) | 38323 (17·4) |
2 | 40359 (17·4) | 269 (5·7) | 107 (10·0) | 219 (13·5) | 539 (12·1) | 39225 (17·8) |
3 | 48632 (21·0) | 873 (18·4) | 207 (19·3) | 365 (22·6) | 831 (18·7) | 46356 (21·0) |
4 | 48475 (20·9) | 1643 (34·6) | 345 (32·2) | 434 (26·8) | 1330 (29·9) | 44723 (20·3) |
5 (Most deprived) | 55367 (23·9) | 1789 (37·7) | 282 (26·3) | 348 (21·5) | 1349 (30·3) | 51599 (23·4) |
