From: Garbage codes in the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 1996–2019
Explanatory variable | All GC (%) N = 290,469 | All deaths N = 1,000,128 | Single predictor models | Multiple predictor model | ||||||
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OR | (95% CI) | LR stat* | p value | OR | (95% CI) | LR stat* | p value | |||
Year of death | 1645 | < 0.001 | 3644 | < 0.001 | ||||||
1996–1999 | 52,658 (29.7) | 177,043 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | ||||||
2000–2004 | 63,900 (29.8) | 214,402 | 1.00 | (0.99–1.02) | 0.96 | (0.95–0.98) | ||||
2005–2009 | 63,257 (30.8) | 205,178 | 1.05 | (1.04–1.07) | 0.96 | (0.95–0.98) | ||||
2010–2014 | 59,618 (29.3) | 203,647 | 0.98 | (0.96–0.99) | 0.85 | (0.84–0.86) | ||||
2015–2019 | 51,036 (25.5) | 199,858 | 0.81 | (0.81–0.82) | 0.68 | (0.67–0.69) | ||||
Sex | 5454 | < 0.001 | 482 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Female | 165,971 (32.3) | 513,851 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | ||||||
Male | 124,498 (25.6) | 486,277 | 0.72 | (0.72–0.73) | 0.90 | (0.89–0.91) | ||||
Age at death | 48,158 | < 0.001 | 30,379 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Under 1 | 127 (2.98) | 4264 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | ||||||
1–4 | 150 (14.6) | 1029 | 5.56 | (4.34–7.13) | 4.57 | (3.56–5.86) | ||||
5–14 | 214 (14.7) | 1453 | 5.63 | (4.48–7.09) | 4.44 | (3.54–5.60) | ||||
15–49 | 9185 (19.6) | 46,910 | 7.93 | (6.67–9.52) | 5.87 | (4.93–7.05) | ||||
50–79 | 73,320 (19.0) | 385,304 | 7.66 | (6.45–9.18) | 5.81 | (4.89–6.97) | ||||
80–89 | 122,138 (33.1) | 369,224 | 16.1 | (13.6–19.3) | 11.3 | (9.49–13.5) | ||||
90–115 | 85,335 (44.5) | 191,944 | 26.1 | (22.0–31.3) | 17.4 | (14.6–20.9) | ||||
Place of death | 25,291 | < 0.001 | 10,369 | < 0.001 | ||||||
Hospital | 74,666 (20.4) | 366,855 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | ||||||
Nursing home | 157,632 (36.3) | 434,271 | 2.23 | (2.21–2.25) | 1.62 | (1.60–1.64) | ||||
At home | 44,238 (29.6) | 149,203 | 1.65 | (1.63–1.67) | 1.76 | (1.73–1.78) | ||||
Other known | 9037 (26.1) | 34,620 | 1.38 | (1.35–1.42) | 1.84 | (1.79–1.89) | ||||
Unknown | 4896 (32.3) | 15,179 | 1.86 | (1.80–1.93) | 2.08 | (2.00–2.15) | ||||
Autopsy | 9761 | < 0.001 | 1828 | < 0.001 | ||||||
No autopsy | 276,032 (30.3) | 911,192 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | ||||||
Non-forensic | 5752 (12.3) | 46,862 | 0.32 | (0.31–0.33) | 0.56 | (0.55–0.58) | ||||
Forensic | 8685 (20.6) | 42,074 | 0.60 | (0.58–0.61) | 0.83 | (0.81–0.85) |