Table 2.
Past trends of place of death by cause of death (Portugal – 2002, 2010).
| Cause of death | All places |
Hospital |
Domicile |
Other place |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2010 | 2002 | 2010 | 2002 | 2010 | 2002 | 2010 | ||
| Cancer | N | 22,181 | 24,923 | 15,252 | 19,058 | 6214 | 5073 | 715 | 792 |
| % | 21.0 | 23.6 | 68.8 | 76.5 | 28.0 | 20.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |
| Non-malignant | N | 71,374 | 68,422 | 39,480 | 42,085 | 26,598 | 21,257 | 5296 | 5080 |
| % | 67.6 | 64.7 | 55.3 | 61.5 | 37.3 | 31.1 | 7.4 | 7.4 | |
| External/unknown | N | 11,960 | 12,346 | 4572 | 4078 | 3251 | 4947 | 4137 | 3321 |
| % | 11.3 | 11.7 | 38.2 | 33.0 | 27.2 | 40.1 | 34.6 | 26.9 | |
‘Domicile’ includes deaths at home and care/nursing homes; ‘Hospital’ includes deaths in clinical facilities; ‘Other place’ includes deaths occurring in public spaces. The cause of death was coded according to the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10) and grouped into three major groups: cancer (including haematological malignancies), non-malignant diseases and external or unknown causes of death.