Table 4. Percentage of Deaths in Hospital Among All Adult Deaths From 2005 and 2015 and According to Resource Utilization Gradients.
| Resource utilization gradienta | Deaths in hospital, No./total No. (%) by year | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
| Overall | 37 984/83 227 (45.6) | 38 200/82 445 (46.3) | 39 424/85 034 (46.4) | 40 042/85 822 (46.7) | 40 099/86 222 (46.5) | 39 964/87 216 (45.8) | 39 407/87 764 (44.9) | 38 613/88 510 (43.6) | 38 978/91 304 (42.7) | 39 996/93 848 (42.6) | 39 474/95 044 (41.5) |
| Top 5% | 1367/2411 (56.7) | 1695/2867 (59.1) | 2383/4026 (59.2) | 2948/4789 (61.6) | 3160/5043 (62.7) | 3095/4963 (62.4) | 2914/4736 (61.5) | 2706/4523 (59.8) | 2998/5027 (59.6) | 3027/5003 (60.5) | 2999/4936 (60.8) |
| Top 6%-50% | 14 975/28 792 (52.0) | 16 489/31 601 (52.2) | 18 781/36 311 (51.7) | 18 847/36 513 (51.6) | 18 551/37 367 (49.6) | 18 640/40 394 (46.1) | 18 266/41 810 (43.7) | 18 403/43 698 (42.1) | 18 485/44 954 (41.1) | 19 091/46 600 (41.0) | 18 569/46 859 (39.6) |
| Bottom 50% | 21 642/52 024 (41.6) | 20 016/47 977 (41.7) | 18 260/44 697 (40.9) | 18 247/44 520 (41.0) | 18 388/43 812 (42.0) | 18 229/41 859 (43.5) | 18 227/41 218 (44.2) | 17 504/40 289 (43.4) | 17 495/41 322 (42.3) | 17 878/42 245 (42.3) | 17 906/43 249 (41.4) |
a
Based on the year before death.