Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample of deaths: initial sample, selected sample, and returned questionnaires (%).

		Initial sample N=14,999		Selected sample (after removals) N=14,080		Final sample/analysis filea (nonweighted) N=4891		All deaths in Decemberb N=47,986
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Sex
	Men	7598	50.66	7115	50.53	2454	50.17	24,370	50.79
	Women	7401	49.34	6965	49.47	2437	49.83	23,616	49.21
Age
	18-49 years	775	5.17	712	5.06	290	5.88	2585	5.39
	50-69 years	2790	18.60	1105	18.34	946	19.34	9106	18.98
	70-79 years	3007	20.05	2835	20.13	980	20.04	9478	19.75
	80-89 years	5785	38.57	5439	38.63	1839	37.60	18,443	38.43
	≥90 years	2642	17.61	2512	17.84	836	17.09	8374	17.45
Place of patient death
	Home	3426	22.84	3261	23.16	1013	20.71	12,797	26.67
	Public hospital	7415	49.44	6965	49.47	2705	55.31	23,460	48.89
	Private hospital	1334	8.89	1229	8.73	348	7.12	4015	8.37
	Nursing home	2310	15.40	2237	15.89	673	13.76	5625	11.72
	Public place	174	1.16	159	1.13	82	1.68	643	1.34
	Other	238	1.59	229	1.63	70	1.43	1446	3.01
	Missing	102	0.68		0.0		0.0		0.0
Region of death
	Ile de France	2005	13.37	1847	13.12	629	12.85	6434	13.41
	Bassin Parisien	2679	17.86	2535	18.00	919	18.79	8777	18.28
	Nord	1022	6.81	935	6.64	326	6.67	3204	6.68
	Est	1337	8.91	1274	9.05	500	10.23	4178	8.70
	Ouest	2273	15.15	2144	15.23	767	15.68	7132	14.87
	Sud-Ouest	1900	11.75	1786	12.68	561	11.48	5977	12.46
	Centre-Est	1763	11.75	1657	11.77	633	12.93	5547	11.56
	Méditerranée	2020	13.47	1902	13.51	555	11.36	6737	14.04

^aAs reported on the questionnaire by the physician.

^bBased on all coded death certificate data from December.