Table 1.

Cause of death by age, gender and location (N = 35).

	ICD-10	Total		Age	Gender				Locationa
					Male		Female		Own home	Shelter	Psychiatric hospital	Hospital
		n	%	Mean	n	%	n	%	n	n	n	n
Total	35		59.6	23		12		5	10	15	5
Natural cause of death
Diseases of the circulatory system	I00–I99	11	31.4	53.8	6	26.1	5	41.7	1	3	7	0
Diseases of the digestive system	K00–K93	5	14.3	61.2	4	17.4	1	8.3	0	4	1	0
Diseases of the nervous system	G00–G99	1	2.9	62.4	1	4.3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Diseases of the respiratory system	J00–J99	2	5.7	69.7	2	8.7	0	0	0	1	0	1
Neoplasms	C00-D48	2	5.7	52.9	2	8.7	0	0	0	0	1	1
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases	A00-B99	2	5.7	52.0	1	4.3	1	8.3	1	0	0	1
Diseases of the genitourinary system	N00–N77	1	2.9	66.7	1	4.3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases	E00–E90	1	2.9	39.5	0	0	1	8.3	0	0	0	1
Undetermined	E980–E989	5	14.3	65.6	3	13.0	2	16.7	1	0	3	1
Unnatural causes of death
External causes of morbidity and mortality	V01-Y98	2	5.7	38.8	2	8.7	0	0	0	0	2	0
Euthanasiab		3	8.6	49.2	1	4.3	2	16.7	2	1	0	0

^aLast known health location.

^bEuthanasia in terminal illnesses.