Characteristics	Place of death				χ2 and P-value (home, in transit and hospital)
	Home (n=69) %	In transit (n=11) %	Hospital (n=74) %	Total (n=154) %
Age at death (in years):					14.1, P=0.001
15-64	24.6	45.4	55.4	40.9
65+	75.4	54.6	44.6	59.1
Mean ± SD (Median)	71.4±12.6 (72)	63.7±17.8 (69)	59.4±18.0 (62.5)	65.1±16.7 (68)
Sex of the deceased:					0.1, P=0.99
Male	56.5	54.6	56.8	56.5
Female	43.5	45.4	43.2	43.5
Duration of terminal illness:*					6.1, P=0.05
<22 days	42.0	54.6	64.9	53.9
22+ days	55.1	36.4	31.1	42.2
Missing	2.9	9.1	4.0	3.9
Mean ± SD (Median)	183.8±374.5 (60)	71.2±119.1 (3)	39.3±80.2 (8)	106.9±268.1 (12.5)
Type of medical consultation prior to death:
Medical doctor	52.2	63.6	100.0	75.4	45.7, P=0.001
Paramedics/nurse	10.1	18.2	8.1	9.7	1.1, P=0.57
Village (untrained) doctor	65.2	54.6	37.8	51.3	10.8, P=0.005
Homeopath	7.2	18.2	5.4	7.1	2.4, P=0.31
Ayurveda (herbalist)	17.4	9.1	5.4	11.0	5.3, P=0.07
Spiritual	13.0	0.0	2.7	7.4	6.7, P=0.04
Hospital admission during terminal illness:					73.2, P=0.001
Admitted in hospital	33.3	45.4	100.0	66.2
Times admitted (mean ±SD)	0.6±1.0	0.5±0.7	1.7±0.9	1.1±1.1
Level of education:					10.7, P=0.03
None	60.9	45.5	33.8	46.7
Primary	17.4	27.3	32.4	25.3
Secondary and above	21.7	27.3	33.8	27.9
Household asset tertile:					16.7, P=0.002
Low	36.2	27.3	17.6	27.1
Medium	34.8	18.2	21.6	27.1
High	29.0	54.6	60.8	45.7