Table 2.
Location of Death Using Traditional Death Certificate Information and Hospital Discharge Abstract Data (n=14,426)
| Data source | Frequency (%)
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|---|---|---|
| by subgroup | overall | |
| Death certificate (DC) | ||
| out of hospital | 3,804 (26.4) | |
| hospital | 10,376 (71.9) | |
| not known | 246 (1.7) | |
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| Hospital discharge abstract data (DAD) | ||
| out of hospital death (not in hospital on death date) | 4,617 (32.0) | |
| final terminal care hospital death (admitted 0–3 days prior to death) | 2,447 (17.0) | |
| admitted on death date | 384 (2.7) | |
| admitted 1 day prior to death | 784 (5.4) | |
| admitted 2 days prior to death | 711 (4.9) | |
| admitted 3 days prior to death | 568 (3.9) | |
| hospital death (admitted 4 or more days prior to death) | 7,362 (51.0) | |
| admitted 4–7 days prior to death | 1,719 (11.9) | |
| admitted 8+ days prior to death | 5,643 (39.1) | |