7ANOS 2026 Second Prize: Place of Death Among US Brain Tumour Decedents

This poster tracks where people with malignant brain tumours died in the United States between 2003 and 2024, using CDC WONDER death-certificate data and joinpoint regression, then reads the trend as a template for palliative-care surveillance in Pakistan.

• Poster: Place of Death Among Malignant Brain Tumour Decedents in the United States, 2003–2024: A CDC WONDER Joinpoint Analysis of End-of-Life Care Settings with Relevance to Palliative Capacity in Pakistan
• Presenter: Haniah Noor Baqi, Faculty of Medicine, Caucasus International University, Tbilisi, Georgia
• Award: Second Prize, Postgraduate Category, Moderated Poster Presentation
• Session: 7th Annual Neuro-Oncology Symposium (7ANOS), "Neuro-Oncology in the Real World", October 2–4, 2026, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi
• Findings: Across 335,318 decedents, home deaths rose from 45.1% in 2003 to 53.3% in 2024 and hospice deaths from 0.7% to 13.3%, while hospital inpatient deaths fell from 22.5% to 13.0% and nursing home deaths from 21.4% to 14.2%.
• Abstract: doi:10.47391/JPMA-7ANOS-ABS-14