Table 3 Agreement of underlying cause of death with diagnoses (principal or additional) registered for the terminal hospitalization: multiple logistic regression (N = 50,995)
“Definitive” cause of death found in principal or additional hospital discharge diagnoses | |||
|---|---|---|---|
OR | 95% CI | P-value | |
Major region | |||
Lake Geneva Region | 1 (ref.) | ||
Zurich | 1.28 | 1.15–1.41 | < 0.001 |
Espace Mittelland | 1.21 | 1.11–1.31 | < 0.001 |
Central | 1.13 | 1.01–1.28 | 0.04 |
Northwest | 1.10 | .999–1.21 | 0.05 |
Eastern | 1.11 | .997–1.23 | 0.06 |
Ticino | 1.15 | .992–1.34 | 0.06 |
Marital status of deceased (from death certificate) | |||
Single | 1 (ref.) | ||
Married | 1.28 | 1.18–1.39 | < 0.001 |
Widowed | 1.18 | 1.08–1.29 | < 0.001 |
Divorced | 1.21 | 1.09–1.35 | < 0.001 |
Principal language of deceased (from 2000 census) | |||
German | 1 (ref.) | ||
French | .90 | .83–.98 | 0.01 |
Italian | 1.002 | .89–1.12 | 0.97 |
Other European | .91 | .77–1.07 | 0.26 |
Other | .73 | .59–.90 | < 0.01 |
Educational level of deceased (from 2000 census) | |||
Mandatory schooling | 1 (ref.) | ||
Upper secondary | 1.06 | 1.002–1.11 | 0.04 |
Tertiary | 1.08 | 1.002–1.17 | 0.04 |
Age of deceased (year) | .976 | .973–.978 | < 0.001 |