Table 1.
Characteristics of people dying from Parkinson’s disease (N = 34,430)
| Characteristics | Belgium | France | Italy | Spain (Andalusia) | Hungary | Czech Republic | New Zealand | USA | Canada | Mexico | South Korea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N of deaths (proportion on all deaths in %): | 837(0.8) | 4,599(0.8) | 4,034(0.7) | 352(0.6) | 241(0.2) | 92(0.1) | 202(0.7) | 20,065(0.8) | 1,381(0.8) | 1,062(0.2) | 1,565(0.6) |
| Demographic and social factors | |||||||||||
| Sex: | |||||||||||
| male | 52.0 | 53.2 | 50.0 | 55.4 | 58.5 | 58.7 | 52.5 | 57.6 | 56.3 | 55.7 | 43.7 |
| female | 48.0 | 46.8 | 50.0 | 44.6 | 41.5 | 41.3 | 47.5 | 42.4 | 43.7 | 44.3 | 56.3 |
| Age: | |||||||||||
| <65 years | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.5§ | 9.8 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| 65 to 79 years | 36.9 | 27.0 | 30.8 | 35.2 | 58.1 | 41.3 | 31.2 | 30.0 | 30.3 | 40.2 | 58.1 |
| 80+ years | 61.6 | 71.5 | 67.6 | 62.8 | 39.3 | 48.9 | 64.9 | 67.7 | 67.6 | 51.5 | 34.2 |
| Educational attainment: | |||||||||||
| no formal or elementary | 44.9* | _ | 80.6 | 54.6 | 67.2 | 37.1 | _ | 7.4 | _ | 78.4 | 67.6 |
| lower secondary | 23.8 | _ | 10.9 | 28.1 | 0.4 | 48.3 | _ | 8.9 | _ | 1.6 | _ |
| higher secondary | 22.4 | _ | 5.2 | 13.6 | 18.1 | 10.1 | 43.2 | 7.5 | 23.1 | ||
| higher | 8.9 | _ | 3.3 | 3.8 | 14.2 | 4.5 | _ | 40.5 | _ | 12.5 | 9.3 |
| Social support | |||||||||||
| Marital status: | |||||||||||
| unmarried | 5.9 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 1.1 | _ | 4.9 | 6.3 | 11.2 | 1.9 |
| married | 48.5 | 46.4 | 45.7 | 47.7 | 51.5 | 54.3 | _ | 48.4 | 48.8 | 51.6 | 49.6 |
| widowed | 40.6 | 40.8 | 44.0 | 42.4 | 37.3 | 34.8 | _ | 40.0 | 40.0 | 35.5 | 46.3 |
| divorced/ separated | 5.0 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 9.8 | _ | 6.7 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
| Residential factors | |||||||||||
| Urbanization level: | |||||||||||
| very strong/strong | 57.6 | 32.8 | 42.8 | 55.4 | 35.7 | _ | _ | _ | 82.8† | _ | 17.8 |
| average | 25.3 | 32.2 | 19.5 | 39.5 | 37.3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 20.9 |
| weak/rural | 17.1 | 35.0 | 37.6 | 5.1 | 27.0 | _ | _ | _ | 16.7† | _ | 61.3 |
| Health care system factors | |||||||||||
| Hospital beds/1000 inhabitants | 5.2 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 7.1‡ | 6.0‡ | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 8.3‡ |
| LTC-beds/1000 inhabitants age 65+ | 70.3 | 58.4 | 34.6 | 17.7 | 32.7‡ | 28.9‡ | 71.6 | 41.5 | 58.1 | 0.0 | 17.5‡ |
‘-‘ in cells represents that this information was not available in the country’s death certificate data. Percentages are valid column percentages. Abbreviation: LTC Long Term Care.
*For Belgium 41.2% of the cases had missing information for educational attainment. Percentages are valid percentages only.
†Within Canada the urbanization level was categorized as ‘urban’ and ‘rural’.
‡Data were provided for the country as a whole.
§For Hungary the age distribution was provided in different ranges: <60; 60–79; 80 + .