Table 1 Patients’ socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of adults who died in rural and urban areas, England 2014 (N = 430,467)

N (%)

86,432 (20.1%)

344,035 (79.9%)

Geographic access (min)

Median drive time to hospice (minimum, maximum)

17.9 (0.16, 93.9)

9.02 (0.01, 105.4)

Median drive time to hospital (minimum, maximum)

9.71 (0.02, 73.9)

4.5 (0.00, 76.2)

Age

25–54

3.7

5.4

55–64

6.7

8.1

65–74

16.6

16.7

75–84

29.9

30

85 +

43.2

39.7

Gender

Female

51.3

52.3

Male

48.7

47.7

Marital status

Divorced

7.8

10.3

Married

43.1

37.7

Separated/dissolved

0.1

0.1

Single

7.1

9.6

Unknown/not stated

0.3

0.5

Widowed

41.6

41.8

Cause of death (ICD-10 codes)

Cancers (C00–C97)

30.1

30.4

*CBDs (G45–G46, I60–I69)

7.6

7.1

*COPDs (J40–J44, J47)

5.7

5.9

* CVDs (I00–I52, I70–I99)

21

21.1

Neurological conditions (G35–G37, G20, F02.3, G12)

1.7

1.7

Others (not in the above categories)

33.8

33.7

Number of contributory

Causes of deaths (NCoDs)

0

25.2

23.4

1

28.1

26.9

2

21.4

22

3

12.9

14.1

4

7

7.6

5 +

5.4

6.1

Index of Multiple (IMD)

1 (most deprived)

3.3

24.1

2

12.9

21.6

3

29.2

18.5

4

30.7

17.6

5 (least deprived)

24

18.3

Regions

East

17.6

9.9

East-midlands

12.5

8.1

London

0.3

12.6

North-east

5.3

5.8

North-west

8.3

16

South-east

18.6

16

South-west

18.7

9.5

West midlands

9.5

11.3

Yorkshire and The Humber

9.4

11

Place of death

Other place

1.2

1.1

Hospice

5.5

6.2

Home

24.6

22

Care home

25.5

22.3

Hospital

43.1

48.4