Table 2.

Mortality Statistics of the Hospice Unit (N=799).

Variables	Mean±SD (range) or n (%)
Investigation period (days)	1,825
Total number of deaths during investigation period	799
Number of deaths per day	0.44±0.68 (0~5)
Number of deaths on day the patient died	1.26±0.55 (1~5)
Number of days the patient died (days)	632
Number of days 1 patient died (days)	494 (78.2)
Number of days 2 patients died (days)	113 (17.9)
Number of days 3 patients died (days)	22 (3.5)
Number of days 4 patients died (days)	2 (0.3)
Number of days 5 patients died (days)	1 (0.2)
Number of patients who died on the same date	1.5±0.74 (1~5)
Number of patients who died alone	494 (61.8)
Number of patients with 2 deaths on the same date	226 (28.3)
Number of patients with 3 deaths on the same date	66 (8.3)
Number of patients with 4 deaths on the same date	8 (1.0)
Number of patients with 5 deaths on the same date	5 (0.6)