Table 3.
Hospital palliative care use at the time of death, during the last year (total), or before death for people died in a skilled nursing home or in another place according to sex, age and disease managed
| Place of deaths | All places | Short stay hospital | Rehab | Hospital at home | Skilled nursing home# | Otherb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | Death° | Total | Na | Total | Na | Total | Na | Total | Na | Before death | Na | Before death | |
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||
| Total | 347.3 | 15.7 | 29.2 | 176.9 | 39.3 | 22.51 | 60.0 | 9.82 | 88.9 | 46.3 | 7.6 | 91.7 | 6.7 |
| Men | 172.6 | 16.6 | 30.9 | 94.6 | 40.1 | 10.55 | 60.9 | 4.97 | 90.2 | 12.6 | 9.6 | 49.8 | 6.5 |
| Women | 174.7 | 14.9 | 27.6 | 82.3 | 38.5 | 11.96 | 59.1 | 4.84 | 87.5 | 33.8 | 6.8 | 41.8 | 7.0 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||
| < 15 | 1.1 | 11.5 | 30.3 | 0.6 | 38.2 | 0.02 | 93.3 | 0.05 | 95.6 | – | 0.4 | 6.2 | |
| 15–34 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 15.8 | 1.7 | 33.3 | 0.04 | 58.5 | 0.08 | 100 | – | 2.6 | 1.6 | |
| 35–44 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 25.4 | 3.2 | 45.4 | 0.11 | 68.4 | 0.16 | 95 | 0.0 | – | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| 45–54 | 18.9 | 15.9 | 34.5 | 10.4 | 49.7 | 0.56 | 80.0 | 0.54 | 96.6 | 0.0 | – | 7.3 | 4.8 |
| 55–64 | 39.7 | 19.4 | 39.9 | 24.1 | 50.5 | 1.77 | 79.4 | 1.38 | 95.3 | 0.5 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 7.3 |
| 65–74 | 50.6 | 19.8 | 38.8 | 31.4 | 46.5 | 2.81 | 71.1 | 1.81 | 92.8 | 1.6 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 8.5 |
| 75–84 | 89.9 | 17.6 | 31.7 | 49.8 | 38.2 | 6.92 | 63.3 | 2.78 | 89.1 | 8.8 | 10.0 | 21.6 | 8.2 |
| 85–94 | 114.7 | 13.3 | 22.2 | 50.0 | 29.9 | 9.20 | 50.9 | 2.66 | 81.7 | 26.9 | 7.3 | 25.9 | 6.6 |
| ≥ 95 | 21.0 | 8.4 | 13.2 | 5.8 | 25.6 | 1.09 | 42.9 | 0.37 | 77.8 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 3.9 |
| Cancers | 146.2 | 25.9 | 51.9 | 93.0 | 57.8 | 12.19 | 76.4 | 6.86 | 94.5 | 10.3 | 18.0 | 23.9 | 19.0 |
| Female breast | 16.5 | 24.5 | 50.1 | 9.7 | 59.6 | 1.35 | 75.7 | 0.74 | 93.9 | 1.8 | 15.0 | 2.9 | 17.0 |
| Colon | 20.1 | 25.9 | 52.7 | 12.5 | 57.9 | 1.80 | 76.8 | 1.01 | 94.6 | 1.6 | 20.0 | 3.2 | 22.0 |
| Lung | 22.5 | 30.5 | 62.5 | 16.0 | 65.5 | 1.84 | 84.3 | 1.12 | 97 | 0.5 | 35.0 | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| Prostate | 17.6 | 20.8 | 40.9 | 9.9 | 48.0 | 1.46 | 67.2 | 0.78 | 92.2 | 1.6 | 14.0 | 3.8 | 13.0 |
| Other cancers | 91.4 | 26.4 | 53.3 | 59.3 | 58.5 | 7.68 | 77.1 | 4.47 | 94.7 | 5.9 | 19.0 | 14.0 | 20.0 |
| Other diseases in the absence of cancer | |||||||||||||
| Cardiovascular/neurovascular diseases | 121.4 | 10.7 | 15.9 | 64.6 | 19.0 | 7.88 | 40.3 | 1.96 | 74.9 | 19.5 | 6.4 | 27.5 | 4.0 |
| Coronary heart disease | 45.0 | 10.0 | 14.9 | 25.3 | 17.4 | 2.82 | 38.3 | 0.63 | 76.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 3.6 |
| Acute stroke | 12.9 | 18.2 | 24.3 | 9.7 | 22.6 | 1.02 | 51.6 | 0.17 | 77.9 | 1.2 | 16.0 | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| Stroke sequelae | 21.7 | 11.5 | 18.0 | 10.0 | 24.2 | 1.37 | 41.5 | 0.46 | 76.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Heart failure | 57.3 | 11.5 | 17.3 | 34.0 | 19.1 | 4.07 | 39.3 | 0.90 | 78 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 5.2 |
| Diabetes | 43.3 | 9.2 | 14.1 | 20.9 | 18.3 | 2.45 | 40.2 | 0.76 | 75.8 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 13.8 | 2.9 |
| Psychiatric disorders | 23.9 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 0.96 | 36.9 | 0.20 | 76.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 10.6 | 1.9 |
| Neurological or degenerative diseases | 63.4 | 10.9 | 17.4 | 23.7 | 27.1 | 3.83 | 44.9 | 1.44 | 75.4 | 20.1 | 5.3 | 14.3 | 5.0 |
| Dementias (including Alzheimer) | 50.2 | 11.0 | 17.2 | 0.0 | 27.4 | 3.21 | 44.7 | 1.10 | 75 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| Parkinson’s disease | 10.0 | 11.6 | 17.7 | 17.8 | 27.4 | 0.61 | 46.8 | 0.26 | 71.7 | 18.0 | 4.6 | 10.1 | 4.0 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 0.6 | 10.2 | 23.2 | 3.9 | 28.9 | 0.01 | 63.6 | 0.03 | 80 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 2.4 | 9.2 |
| Paraplegia | 0.8 | 10.4 | 20.6 | 0.3 | 26.2 | 0.04 | 44.2 | 0.03 | 62.5 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 6.7 |
| Myopathy or myasthenia | 0.6 | 14.2 | 21.2 | 0.4 | 27.4 | 0.02 | 55.6 | 0.02 | 72.2 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
| Epilepsy | 6.1 | 11.3 | 18.4 | 0.3 | 26.3 | 0.27 | 52.8 | 0.14 | 75.5 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 4.4 |
| Chronic respiratory diseases | 39.0 | 10.4 | 16.5 | 2.7 | 19.9 | 2.24 | 37.7 | 0.61 | 77.4 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
| Inflammatory or rare diseases, HIV or AIDS | 9.0 | 11.0 | 17.3 | 21.9 | 20.9 | 0.55 | 44.2 | 0.15 | 81.3 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 10.2 | 3.8 |
| Treated renal failure | 3.3 | 12.4 | 20.4 | 4.9 | 22.2 | 0.10 | 46.0 | 0.05 | 80.8 | 1.1 | 14.0 | 2.3 | 5.3 |
| Diseases of the liver or pancreas | 14.6 | 10.7 | 16.7 | 2.3 | 17.5 | 0.65 | 47.2 | 0.15 | 86.4 | 0.2 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| Other long-term diseases | 24.2 | 9.7 | 15.1 | 10.3 | 21.5 | 1.36 | 40.0 | 0.48 | 74.5 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
aThousand
° Death: hospitalization in which death occurred; Total: hospital palliative care during the last year including hospitalization in which death occurred
b No hospital palliative care identifiable in the database at the date of death