Table 3.

Characteristics related to end-of-life among the deceased subjects according to primary diagnosis

	COPD	OHS	Others	P-value
Total, n Died before 31.12.2017, n (% of all) DNR decision before death, n (%) † End-of-life care decision before death, n (%) Place of death, n (%) Hospital Home Nursing home Hospice Emergency Not known Cause of death, n (%) COPD Heart diseases Interstitial lung disease Cancer Neurological diseases Chronic respiratory failure Pneumonia or other infection Other Admission through the emergency for the last hospitalization before death, n (%)	53 31 (58.5) 30 (96.8) 12 (38.7) 17 (54.8) 7 (22.6) 3 (9.7) 2 (6.5) 2 (6.5) 0 (0.0) 23 (74.2) 4 (12.9) 0 (0.0) 4 (12.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 13 (41.9)	97 24 (24.7) 18 (75.0) 11 (45.8) 17 (70.8) 3 (12.5) 1 (4.2) 2 (8.3) 1 (4.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (8.3) 9 (37.5) 0 (0.0) 3 (12.5) 1 (4.2) 4 (16.7) 1 (4.2) 4 (16.7) 11 (45.8)	55 35 (63.6) 31 (88.6) 16 (45.7) 16 (45.7) 8 (22.9) 3 (8.6) 4 (11.4) 3 (8.6) 1 (2.9) 1 (2.9) 4 (11.4) 8 (22.9) 3 (8.6) 13 (37.1) 1 (2.9) 1 (2.9) 4 (11.4) 16 (45.7)	<0.001 0.053 0.814 0.907 <0.001 0.941

† 39 (49.4%) had also end-of-life care decision

COPD, chronic obstructive lung disease; OHS, obesity hypoventilation sdr; DNR, do not resuscitate