2000	2005	2009
No. of decedents	270 202	291 819	286 282
Deaths in acute care hospitals, % (95% CI)	32.6 (32.4–32.8)	26.9 (26.7–27.1)	24.6 (24.5–24.8)
ICU use in last month of life, % (95% CI)	24.3 (24.1–24.5)	26.3 (26.1–26.5)	29.2 (29.0–29.3)
Hospice use at time of death, % (95% CI)	21.6 (21.4–21.7)	32.3 (32.1–32.5)	42.2 (42.0–42.4)
Health care transitions in last 90 d of life per decedent, mean (median) (IQR)	2.1 (1.0) (0–3.0)	2.8 (2.0) (1.0–4.0)	3.1 (2.0) (1.0–5.0)
Health care transitions in last 3 days of life, % (95% CI)	10.3 (10.1–10.4)	12.4 (12.3–12.5)	14.2 (14.0–14.3)