Table 1.

Characteristics of deceased persons in 8 locations

Parishes	Number of deaths	Men (%)	Age at death (SD)	Living situation (m + w) Living alone (%)
Without Nursing home
Hombeek	82	45 (55)	80.3 (9.4)	46 (56)
Leest	32	14 (44)	79.6 (8.1)	14 (44)
Muizen	50	21 (42)	79.7 (7.2)	18 (45) 10 unknown
Mechelen H. Hart	40	24 (60)	79.9 (8.7)	23 (58)
Subtotal	204	104 (51)	79.9 (8.6)	101 (52)
With Nursing home
Borsbeek	79	40 (51)	81.4 (9.6)	38 (48)
Kapelle-O/D Bos	33	14 (42)	80.5 (9.3)	21 (64)
Zemst	75	32 (43)	81.0 (9.5)	50 (67)
Mechelen Hanswijk	66	27 (41)	84.0 (9.4)	unknown
Subtotal	253	113 (45)	82.5 (9.5)	109 (58)
TOTAL	457	217 (47)	81.0 (9.0)	210 (55)

Values are numbers (%), or mean (SD)

Missing values are not taken into account (66 + 10 unknown).