Table 2.

Opening statements leading to spontaneous death talk during the first interview including 65 women and 34 men

	Women		Men
	30-69 years-old	70+ years-old	30-69 years-old	70+ years-old
	n = 33	n = 32	n = 19	n = 15
Acceptance	6%	9%	0%	0%
	(2/33)	(3/32)
Concerns about well-being of family or family crisis	33%	9%	26%	0%
	(11/33)	(3/32)	(5/19)	0%
Existential/spiritual/religious/pastoral	58%	81%	58%	87%
	(19/33)	(24/34)	(11/19)	(13/15)
Remorse	3%	0%	16%	13%
	(1/33)		(3/19)	(2/15)