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Table 3 Cause of death and place of death in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2011*

From: Place of death in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: a population based comparative study using death certificates data

  

Place of death

Primary cause of death (ICD-10)

 

Home

Hospital

Institutes for long term patients

Other

  

CZ

SK

CZ

SK

CZ

SK

CZ

SK

I. Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

N

32

14

1186

383

75

2

26

15

%a

0.2%

0.1%

2.0%

1.3%

0.6%

.1%

0.3%

0.2%

II. Neoplasms

N

4391

3464

16719

7596

4375

337

681

674

%

21.9%

22.3%

28.5%

26.7%

35.8%

21.3%

7.6%

10.7%

IV. Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

N

454

184

1737

452

253

25

190

53

%

2.3%

1.2%

3.0%

1.6%

2.1%

1.6%

2.1%

0.8%

VI. Diseases of the nervous system

N

273

248

1030

348

482

49

228

118

%

1.4%

1.6%

1.8%

1.2%

3.9%

3.1%

2.6%

1.9%

IX. Diseases of the circulatory system

N

11573

9748

26695

13050

5530

1008

5365

3500

%

57.7%

62.6%

45.4%

45.9%

45.2%

63.7%

60.1%

55.5%

X. Diseases of the respiratory system

N

662

484

3847

2479

557

80

330

226

%

3.3%

3.1%

6.5%

8.7%

4.6%

5.1%

3.7%

3.6%

XI. Diseases of the digestive system

N

532

462

3538

2287

181

26

103

95

%

2.7%

3.0%

6.0%

8.0%

1.5%

1.6%

1.2%

1.5%

XIV. Diseases of the genitourinary system

N

75

90

968

549

81

15

42

26

%

0.4%

0.6%

1.6%

1.9%

0.7%

0.9%

0.5%

0.4%

XIX. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

N

1440

768

1918

968

287

33

1707

1052

%

7.2%

4.9%

3.3%

3.4%

2.3%

2.1%

19.1%

16.7%

other categoriesb

N

612

103

1103

339

400

7

260

546

%

3.1%

0.7%

1.9%

1.2%

3.3%

.4%

2.9%

8.7%

Total

N

20044

15565

58741

28451

12221

1582

8932

6305

%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

  1. CZ only: Missing N = 2447, 2.4% (Home 3.9%; Hospital 1.7%; Institutes 2.1%; Other 3.7%).
  2. *There was a significant association between place of death and ICD-10 category in both countries, tested by χ2 Pearson test, p < .001.
  3. acolumn percentages for each country.
  4. bIII,V,VII,VIII,XII,XIII,XV-XVIII, each caused less than 1% of deaths.