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Table 2 The place of death of HIV vs cancer deaths in 14 countries during 2008

From: Place of death for people with HIV: a population-level comparison of eleven countries across three continents using death certificate data

 

Place of death

FR

IT

ES

BE

NL

SE

UKa

CA

US

MX

KR

Number of deaths

688

1586

188

50

53

18

242

319

11,332

5149

99

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

HIV

Home

15.8

9.2

9.6

18.0

15.1

5.9

12.0

12.9

14.9

26.3

9.1

Hospital

79.9

84

85.1

76.0

56.6

76.5

78.1

73

62.8

71

90.9

Nursing home

0.9

3.5

5.3

2.0

17.0

17.6

4.5

6.3

12.1

/b

0

Hospice facility

/b

/b

/b

/b

7.5

/b

3.3

/b

5.7

/b

/b

Others

3.3

3.4

0

4.0

3.8

0

2.1

7.8

4.6

2.8

0

Cancer (age-standardized)

Home

16.1

40.9

19.5

33.5

56.1

24.5

28.1

18.0

38.1

45.5

6.5

Hospital

79.6

54.2

79.6

64.0

28.8

63.4

42.1

71.2

43.1

51.9

92.7

Nursing home

1.3

1.6

1.0

1.8

7.6

10.8

2.2

5.9

7.5

/b

0.6

Hospice facility

/b

/b

/b

/b

6.1

/b

25.3

/b

5.3

/b

/b

Others

3.0

3.3

0.1

0.8

1.5

1.4

1.8

4.8

5.7

2.6

0.2

Relative Risks: (HIV vs Age-standardized percentages for cancer)

Home

0.98

0.22

0.49

0.54

0.27

0.24

0.43

0.72

0.39

0.58

1.39

Hospital

1.00

1.55

1.07

1.19

1.97

1.21

1.85

1.03

1.45

1.37

0.98

Nursing home

0.71

2.22

5.49

1.13

2.23

1.63

2.03

1.06

1.61

/b

/b

Hospice facility

/b

/b

/b

/b

1.23

/b

0.13

 

1.08

/b

/b

Others

1.09

1.03

0.00

5.18

0.50

0.00

1.00

1.63

0.81

1.06

0.00

  1. aEngland and Wales
  2. bCategory not available on the death certificate data