Table 1.
Distribution of Age, Main Medical Cause for Dependency on Nursing Care and Level of Care Dependency among nursing home residents who died during the follow up period
| Factor | men | women | total |
| Age (in years) | |||
| <70 | 41 (17.7) | 23 (4.1) | 64 (8.1) |
| 70 – 79 | 56 (24.1) | 79 (14.1) | 135 (17.0) |
| 80 – 89 | 97 (41.8) | 307 (54.8) | 404 (51.0) |
| 90+ | 38 (16.4) | 151 (27.0) | 189 (23.9) |
| Main medical cause for dependency on nursing care (ICD-10/ICD-9)§ | |||
| Infections (A00–B99, J10–J18, L00–L08, N30, N39/001–139, 480–487, 595, 599, 680–686 | 2 (1.0) | 4 (0.8) | 6 (0.9) |
| Cancer (C00–D48/140–199, 210–239) | 38 (18.5) | 52 (10.7) | 90 (13.0) |
| Hormone-, nutrition-, metabolic diseases (E00–E90, N18–N19/240–279, 585–586) | 1 (0.5) | 13 (2.7) | 14 (2.0) |
| Psychiatric Diseases (F00–F99/290–319) | 47 (22.9) | 134 (27.6) | 181 (26.2) |
| - among these: Dementia (F00–F03/290) | 33 (16.1) | 98 (20.2) | 131 (19.0) |
| Diseases of the nervous and sensory system (G00–G44, G47–G99/320–359) | 18 (8.8) | 37 (7.6) | 55 (8.0) |
| Cerebrovascular diseases (G45–G46, I60–I69/430–438) | 29 (14.1) | 63 (13.0) | 92 (13.3) |
| Cardiovascular diseases (D50–D89, I00–I59, I70–I99/200–208, 280–289, 390–429, 439–459) | 11 (5.4) | 29 (6.0) | 40 (5.8) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (M00–M99/710–739) | 14 (6.8) | 45 (9.3) | 59 (8.6) |
| Injuries and poisoning (R55, S00–T98/780, 800–999) | 7 (3.4) | 21 (4.3) | 28 (4.1) |
| Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J09, J19–J99/460–479, 488–519) | 5 (2.4) | 8 (1.6) | 13 (1.9) |
| Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93/520–579) | 3 (1.5) | 3 (0.6) | 6 (0.9) |
| Other diseases | 30 (14.6) | 76 (15.7) | 106 (15.4) |
| Survival time (Time after NHA until death) | |||
| <= 2 weeks | 28 (12.1) | 66 (11.8) | 94 (11.9) |
| > 2 weeks – 4 weeks | 26 (11.2) | 49 (8.8) | 75 (9.5) |
| > 1 month – 3 months | 54 (23.3) | 112 (20.0) | 166 (21.0) |
| > 3 months – 6 months | 34 (14.7) | 96 (17.1) | 130 (16.4) |
| > 6 months – 12 months | 48 (20.7) | 140 (25.0) | 188 (23.7) |
| > 1 year | 42 (18.1) | 97 (17.3) | 139 (17.6) |
| Total | 232 (100) | 560 (100) | 792 (100) |
$102 persons without classification caused by missing values