Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of newly registered patients in the Manjeri Palliative Care Unit, Kerala, India during 1996–2016
Characteristics | Number | (%) |
|---|---|---|
Total | 5614 | (100) |
Age | ||
  < 15 years | 62 | (1) |
 15–44 years | 681 | (12) |
 45–59 years | 1321 | (24) |
 60–79 years | 2443 | (44) |
  ≥ 80 years | 777 | (14) |
 Missing | 330 | (6) |
Sex | ||
 Male | 3206 | (57) |
 Female | 2396 | (43) |
 Missing | 12 | (< 1) |
Disease | ||
 Cancer | 3445 | (61) |
 Cerebrovascular accident | 612 | (11) |
 Dementia related | 419 | (6) |
 Diabetes Mellitus | 125 | (2) |
 Chronic kidney disease | 114 | (2) |
 Peripheral vascular disease | 112 | (2) |
 Coronary heart disease | 106 | (2) |
 Fracture | 102 | (2) |
 Serious Mental illness | 78 | (1) |
 Paraplegia/Quadriplegia | 76 | (1) |
 Other | 362 | (6) |
 Missing | 201 | (4) |