Table 2.

Cause of death and inclusion on the palliative care register before death

Cause of death	Patients with diagnosis, n	Patients with diagnosis on PCR, n (%)
Cancer	60	41 (68)
Dementia/physical frailty	39	8 (21)
Organ failure/chronic disease	49	10 (20)
Sudden and unexpected	50	N/A
Missing data	3	N/A
All deaths in the six practices	201	59 (29)

N/A = not applicable. PCR = palliative care register.