Table 1.

Patient characteristics and risk factors for severe chronic condition

Patients	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	#12	#13	#14
Sex, female=1, male=0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Age range in years	60–65	45–50	80–50	20–25	70–75	45–50	80–85	65–70	70–75	85–90	80–85	90–95	80–85	75–80
BMI	46.1	42.5	21.4	19.7	37.5	21.8	26.2	28.6	27.7	–	26.4	20.3	21.4	34.3
Postmortem interval, days	2	7	1	3	5	4	2	6	2	16	3	11	2	0
Cause of death*	1	1.2	1	3	1.2	1.2	1	1	1	1	1.3	1	1	1
Treatment ICU (ventilation)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Place of death
ICU†	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Normal ward†	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Emergency unit†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Retirement home†	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
At home†	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Risk factors for severe condition
Liver	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chronic heart disease	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1
Lung	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Neuro (dementia and stroke)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Renal	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Psychological	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oncological	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Endocrine	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Immunological	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Condition after embolism	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

This table displays patient characteristics, place of death, cause of death and risk factors for each patient labelled 1–14. The hyphen represents a missing value.

*Pneumonia=1, sepsis=2, haemorrhagic shock=3, decompensated cardiac insufficiency=4.

†Yes=1, no=0.

BMI, body mass index; ICU, intensive care unit.