Table 1.
Deaths, n (%) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Primary care actions | Primary care involved | Primary care not involved | Total |
Diagnosis of and response to acute illness | |||
Infection | 18 (11) | 7 (4) | 25 (15) |
Other acute illness | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 5 (3) |
Management of asthma and epilepsy | 9 (5) | 2 (1) | 11 (7) |
Diagnosis and palliative care for cancer | 22 (13) | 0 | 22 (13) |
Management of the effects of congenital, neonatal, and degenerative disabilities | 33 (20) | 13 (8) | 46 (27) |
Sudden deaths | 6 (4) | 53 (32) | 59 (35) |
Total | 90 (54) | 78 (46) | 168 (100) |