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. 2020 Dec 21;106(8):780–785. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319700

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of children and young people with a life-limiting condition who died*

Hospital Hospice Home Other or missing† Total
n % n % n % n % n
Total 28 753 73 2453 6 6269 16 1874 5 39 349
Sex
 Male 15 846 73 1332 6 3579 16 1066 5 21 823
 Female 12 885 74 1121 6 2689 15 750 4 17 445
Age group at death
 Neonate (<28 days) 9511 97 163 2 171 2 9846
 28 days to 1 year 5586 71 380 5 614 8 1301 17 7881
 1–5 years 3498 68 488 10 1063 21 79 2 5128
 6–10 years 1554 57 295 11 819 30 48 2 2716
 11–15 years 1772 59 302 10 856 29 68 2 2998
 16–20 years 3010 63 347 7 1266 27 138 3 4761
 21–25 years 3822 63 478 8 1480 25 239 4 6019
Ethnic group
 White 18 017 69 1973 8 5030 19 949 4 25 969
 Black 1937 83 73 3 187 8 136 6 2333
 Pakistani 2521 84 99 3 301 10 93 3 3014
 Indian 888 81 39 4 117 11 47 4 1091
 Bangladeshi 544 85 16 2 61 9 22 3 643
 Mixed/Chinese/other 2393 78 167 5 340 11 175 6 3075
Region
 North-East 1227 71 60 4 392 23 58 3 1737
 North-West 4100 75 292 5 889 16 211 4 5492
 Yorkshire and Humber 2745 71 361 9 663 17 122 3 3891
 East Midlands 2212 75 153 5 512 17 87 3 2964
 West Midlands 3270 75 291 7 661 15 164 4 4386
 East of England 2435 68 295 8 710 20 120 3 3560
 London 4874 77 267 4 775 12 423 7 6339
 South-East 3631 69 457 9 985 19 219 4 5292
 South-West 2136 68 250 8 626 20 119 4 3131
Deprivation category
 Category 1 (least deprived) 3179 66 431 9 1071 22 156 3 4837
 Category 2 3866 68 454 8 1186 21 220 4 5726
 Category 3 4851 70 495 7 1287 19 294 4 6927
 Category 4 6096 74 507 6 1302 16 325 4 8230
 Category 5 (most deprived) 7851 78 533 5 1339 13 409 4 10 132

*Those with missing deomgraphics are not presented due to small numbers.

†Combined to prevent small numbers.