Table 1 Characteristics of CVD decedents (percent)
Had no OOPE (N = 594, 44.49%) | Had OOPE (N = 741, 55.51%) | F/X2 | ALL (N = 1335) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 46.30 | 46.56 | 0.01 | 46.44 |
Male | 53.70 | 53.44 | 53.56 | ||
Age (mean and SD) | 80.45 (9.67) | 81.04 (8.67) | 1.39 | 80.78 (9.13) | |
Living alone | No | 55.39 | 49.80 | 4.13* | 52.28 |
Yes | 44.61 | 50.20 | 47.72 | ||
Education (mean and SD) | 7.82 (4.83) | 7.68 (4.79) | 0.29 | 7.74 (4.81) | |
Economic capacity (household’s ability to make ends meet) | With great difficulty | 14.10 | 25.31 | 27.09*** | 20.49 |
With some difficulty | 29.49 | 29.32 | 29.39 | ||
Fairly easily | 32.42 | 24.90 | 28.13 | ||
Easily | 23.99 | 20.47 | 21.99 | ||
Health insurance | No insurance | 73.65 | 70.83 | 1.30 | 72.08 |
Has supplemental health-insurance coverage | 26.35 | 29.17 | 27.92 | ||
Informal caregiving | No | 5.50 | 4.26 | 1.09 | 4.81 |
Yes | 94.50 | 95.74 | 95.19 | ||
How long ill before death | Less than 1 month | 39.36 | 38.04 | 9.36* | 38.63 |
1–6 months | 18.07 | 14.67 | 16.19 | ||
6–12 months | 9.63 | 7.20 | 8.28 | ||
1 year or more | 32.94 | 40.08 | 36.90 | ||