Table 3.

Characteristics of patients discharged home compared to pre- and in-hospital deaths (May 2013 to March 2015)

	Imminent deaths discharged home			Deaths before reaching or in hospital
	Bach Mai Frequency (%)	Viet Duc Frequency (%)	Total Frequency (%)	Bach Mai Frequency (%)	Viet Duc Frequency (%)	Total Frequency (%)
Gender
Male	784 (68)	1138 (77)	1922 (73)	791 (67)	87 (81)	878 (68)
Female	369 (32)	348 (23)	717 (27)	394 (33)	20 (19)	414 (32)
Age
Under 28 days	1 (<1)	1 (<1)	2 (<1)	45 (4)	0 (0)	45 (3)
Under 5 years	0 (0)	18 (1)	18 (1)	37 (3)	1 (<1)	38 (3)
5–14 years	2 (<1)	28 (2)	30 (1)	7 (<1)	4 (4)	11 (1)
15–34 years	137 (12)	509 (34)	646 (25)	96 (8)	45 (42)	141 (11)
35–59 years	554 (48)	604 (41)	1158 (44)	364 (31)	40 (37)	404 (31)
60–74	300 (26)	195 (13)	495 (19)	338 (29)	9 (8)	347 (27)
75–90	158 (14)	107 (7)	265 (10)	258 (22)	8 (7)	266 (21)
90+	7 (1)	17 (1)	24 (1)	34 (3)	0 (0)	34 (3)
Unknown	2 (<1)	7 (1)	9 (<1)	8 (<1)	0 (0)	8 (<1)
Operation in last 4 weeks
Yes	15 (1)	444 (30)	459 (17)	30 (3)	22 (21)	52 (4)
No	1138 (99)	1042 (70)	2180 (83)	1155 (97)	85 (79)	1240 (96)
Unknown	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Death related to injury/accident
Yes	77 (7)	1097 (74)	1174 (45)	56 (5)	84 (79)	140 (11)
No	1076 (93)	384 (26)	1460 (55)	1127 (95)	23 (21)	1150 (89)
Unknown	0 (0)	5 (<1)	5 (<1)	2 (<1)	0 (0)	2 (<1)
Total	1153 (100)	1486 (100)	2639 (100)	1185 (100)	107 (100)	1292 (100)