Table 2 Variation in place of death and diagnostic sub-type by time from diagnosis to death
Time from diagnosis to death | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 0-1 month | 1-3 months | 3-6 months | 6 months-1 year | 1 year + | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Total deaths | 4829 (100) | 676 (100) | 623 (100) | 538 (100) | 767 (100) | 2225 (100) |
Place of death (total deaths) | ||||||
Hospital | 3183 (65.9) | 593 (87.7) | 446 (71.6) | 332 (61.7) | 494 (64.4) | 1318 (59.2) |
Home | 753 (15.6) | 42 (6.2) | 76 (12.2) | 90 (16.7) | 133 (17.3) | 412 (18.5) |
Nursing home | 532 (11.0) | 23 (3.4) | 61 (9.8) | 72 (13.4) | 74 (9.6) | 302 (13.6) |
Hospice | 361 (7.5) | 18 (2.7) | 40 (6.4) | 44 (8.2) | 66 (8.6) | 193 (8.7) |
Disease sub-type (hospital deaths) 1 | ||||||
Myeloma | 572 (18.0) | 77 (13.0) | 85 (19.1) | 40 (12.1) | 98 (19.8) | 272 (20.6) |
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma | 535 (16.8) | 182 (30.7) | 98 (22.0) | 65 (19.6) | 79 (16.0) | 111 (8.4) |
Myelodysplastic syndrome | 422 (13.2) | 27 (4.5) | 55 (12.3) | 68 (20.5) | 85 (17.2) | 187 (14.2) |
Acute myeloid leukaemia | 413 (13.0) | 151 (25.5) | 82 (18.4) | 51 (15.3) | 48 (9.7) | 81 (6.1) |
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia | 276 (8.7) | 29 (4.9) | 14 (3.1) | 19 (5.7) | 35 (7.1) | 179 (13.6) |
Myeloproliferative neoplasms | 161 (5.1) | 15 (2.5) | 8 (1.8) | 10 (3.0) | 18 (3.6) | 110 (8.3) |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 94 (2.9) | 16 (2.7) | 20 (4.5) | 14 (4.2) | 14 (2.8) | 30 (2.3) |
Follicular lymphoma | 91 (2.8) | 7 (1.2) | 7 (1.6) | 2 (0.6) | 16 (3.2) | 59 (4.5) |
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia | 53 (1.7) | 8 (1.3) | 10 (2.2) | 3 (0.9) | 14 (2.8) | 18 (1.4) |
Others | 566 (17.8) | 81 (13.7) | 67 (15.0) | 60 (18.1) | 87 (17.6) | 271 (20.6) |