Table 5.
Number and characteristics of reported deaths in the EURO SENTIMELC study 2009–2010
| Belgium | The Netherlands* | Italy | Spain† | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
|
All deaths |
Non-sudden deaths§ |
All deaths |
Non-sudden deaths§ |
All deaths |
Non-sudden deaths§ |
All deaths |
Non-sudden deaths § |
| |
|
N = 2405 |
N = 1604 (66.7%) |
N = 1107 |
N = 635 (62.1%) |
N = 2783 |
N = 1839 (66.1%) |
N = 563 |
N = 388 (68.9%) |
| |
|
% |
% |
% |
%† |
% |
% |
% |
% |
| Age |
18-64 |
16 |
14 |
21 |
18 |
13 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
| |
65-84 |
47 |
47 |
50 |
50 |
48 |
47 |
46 |
45 |
| |
85+ |
37 |
39 |
29 |
32 |
39 |
40 |
43 |
44 |
| Gender |
Male |
48 |
46 |
52 |
47 |
48 |
47 |
53 |
54 |
| |
Female |
52 |
54 |
48 |
53 |
52 |
53 |
47 |
46 |
| Place of death‡ |
Home |
29 |
23 |
45 |
44 |
48 |
46 |
48 |
49 |
| Care or residential home |
27 |
31 |
14 |
18 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
13 |
|
| |
Hospital |
37 |
36 |
32 |
28 |
39 |
39 |
37 |
33 |
| |
PCU/hospice |
7 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
| Cause of death |
Cancer |
28 |
37 |
37 |
53 |
34 |
46 |
35 |
39 |
| Noncancer | 72 | 63 | 63 | 47 | 66 | 54 | 65 | 61 | |
*Excluding nursing home deaths in the Netherlands.
† Data for Spain are available only for the year 2010.
‡IT and SP: each 1% POD elsewhere.
§% missing on nonsudden deaths : 0.7% for Be, 0% for the Ne, 1.7% for It and 5.9% for SP.
Percentages are rounded off hence cells may not add up to 100%.