Variable | No. (%) of patients approached for organ donation* | p value | |
---|---|---|---|
Consented n = 3927 | Declined consent n = 2621 | ||
Age, yr, mean ± SD | 54.3 ± 15.3 | 58.5 ± 14.0 | < 0.001 |
Sex, female | 1553 (39.6) | 1094 (41.8) | 0.07 |
Primary diagnosis or cause of death | < 0.001 | ||
Stroke or other neurologic | 1352 (38.7) | 519 (22.5) | |
Postcardiac arrest or anoxic brain injury | 1249 (32.3) | 391 (15.3) | |
Trauma or traumatic brain injury | 450 (13.7) | 94 (7.8) | |
Other medical | 361 (9.1) | 214 (15.9) | |
Missing | 254 (10.7) | 831 (50.6) | |
Telephone approach | 126 (3.2) | 221 (8.4) | < 0.001 |
Time between admission and referral, d, median (IQR) | 1 (0–4) | 1 (0–5) | 0.1 |
Local health region† | < 0.001 | ||
Central | 192 (5.8) | 211 (9.4) | |
Central East | 227 (6.9) | 177 (7.9) | |
Central West | 218 (6.6) | 1465 (6.4) | |
Champlain | 379 (11.4) | 195 (8.6) | |
Erie St. Clair | 216 (6.5) | 135 (6.0) | |
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant | 351 (10.6) | 170 (7.5) | |
Mississauga Halton | 194 (5.9) | 165 (7.3) | |
North East | 179 (5.4) | 153 (6.8) | |
North Simcoe Muskoka | 63 (1.9) | 55 (2.4) | |
North West | 90 (2.7) | 89 (4.0) | |
South East | 187 (5.7) | 136 (6.0) | |
South West | 269 (8.1) | 191 (8.5) | |
Toronto Central | 592 (17.9) | 349 (15.5) | |
Waterloo Wellington | 155 (4.7) | 85 (3.8) | |
Population size | < 0.001 | ||
Large urban centre (≥ 100 000 people) | 2872 (74.2) | 1920 (75.1) | |
Medium centre (30 000 to 99 999 people) | 347 (9.0) | 215 (8.4) | |
Small centre (1000 to 29 999 people) | 222 (5.7) | 79 (3.1) | |
Rural area | 432 (11.2) | 343 (13.4) | |
Neighbourhood household income quintile | 0.6 | ||
Highest income quintile | 937 (24.9) | 657 (26.4) | |
Medium-high income quintile | 865 (23.0) | 555 (22.3) | |
Middle income quintile | 798 (21.2) | 499 (20.1) | |
Medium-low income quintile | 408 (10.8) | 278(11.2) | |
Lowest income quintile | 759 (20.2) | 496 (20.0) | |
Immigration tercile | < 0.001 | ||
Lowest tercile of foreign-born population | 2165 (58.6) | 1347 (56.1) | |
Middle tercile of foreign-born population | 1087 (29.4) | 679 (28.3) | |
Highest tercile of foreign-born population | 443 (12.0) | 374 (15.6) | |
Religion of substitute decision-maker | < 0.001 | ||
Catholic or other Christian | 1453 (57.6) | 613 (42.8) | |
Other or did not specify | 500 (15.9) | 291 (20.3) | |
Agnostic, atheist or no religion | 412 (16.3) | 106 (7.4) | |
Muslim | 26 (1.0) | 77 (5.4) | |
Buddhist | 35 (1.4) | 47 (3.3) | |
Hindu | 44 (1.7) | 35 (2.4) | |
Aboriginal spirituality | 34 (1.4) | 54 (3.8) | |
Christian Orthodox | 17 (0.7) | 27 (1.9) | |
Jewish | 15 (0.6) | 18 (1.3) | |
Substitute decision-maker, non-English primary language | 1873 (47.7) | 1182 (45.1) | 0.04 |
Hospital donation physician at referring hospital | 3141 (80.0) | 2062 (78.7) | 0.2 |
Premention by health care team | 2033 (51.8) | 998 (38.1) | < 0.001 |