Table 2.
Additional characteristics of the fatal cases (n = 4666).
| 25–74 years old fatal cases (n = 2654) | 75–84 years old fatal cases (n = 2012) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHD | 24hD | PHD | 24hD | |
| Included cases, n | 1713 | 941 | 1263 | 749 |
| Witness of death, n (%) | ||||
| Physician | 90 (5.3) | 744 (79.1) | 71 (5.6) | 517 (69.0) |
| Other witness | 829 (48.4) | 106 (11.3) | 597 (47.3) | 120 (16.0) |
| No witness | 612 (35.7) | 23 (2.4) | 459 (36.3) | 36 (4.8) |
| Missing information | 182 (10.6) | 68 (7.2) | 136 (10.8) | 76 (10.2) |
| Autopsy, n (%) | ||||
| Yes (definite MI, in case of ICD-9 = 410, 411 or 412) | 54 (3.2) | 55 (5.8) | 6 (0.5) | 12 (1.6) |
| Yes (possible MI, in case of ICD-9 = 413 or 414) | 14 (0.8) | 14 (1.5) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) |
| No autopsy performed | 1631 (95.2) | 849 (90.2) | 1255 (99.4) | 727 (97.1) |
| Missing information | 14 (0.8) | 23 (2.4) | 0 | 8 (1.1) |
| Place of death, n (%) | ||||
| At home, at work or on the road | 1541 (90.0) | 0 | 1138 (90.1) | 0 |
| At transport to hospital | 12 (0.7) | 0 | 2 (0.2) | 0 |
| At hospital admission | 0 | 135 (14.4) | n.a | 67 (9.0) |
| At intensive care | 0 | 515 (54.7) | n.a | 298 (39.8) |
| At hospital, rehabilitation or hospice care | 60 (3.5) | 291 (30.9) | 83 (6.6) | 384 (51.3) |
| Others or insufficient data | 100 (5.8) | 0 | 40 (3.2) | 0 |
| Time between pain and death, n (%) | ||||
| 1 h or less | 660 (38.5) | 172 (18.3) | 308 (24.4) | 92 (12.3) |
| 1–24 h | 206 (12.0) | 250 (26.6) | 128 (10.1) | 147 (19.6) |
| Mostly likely < = 24 h | 196 (11.4) | 51 (5.4) | 154 (12.2) | 55 (7.3) |
| > 24 h | 80 (4.7) | 199 (21.2) | 91 (7.2) | 178 (23.8) |
| Insufficient data | 571 (33.3) | 269 (28.6) | 582 (46.1) | 277 (37.0) |
PHD pre-hospital deaths, 24hD deaths within the first 24 h after hospitalization, MI myocardial infarction, ICD-9 International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision.