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Table 2 Place of death in 2013 according to the general scheme beneficiaries characteristics and diseases managed

From: Use of hospital palliative care according to the place of death and disease one year before death in 2013: a French national observational study

Place of death

 

Short stay hospital

Rehab

Hospital at home

Skilled nursing home

Other

 

na

%

%

%

%

%

Total

347.3

51.0

6.5

2.8

13.3

26.4

Men

172.6

54.8

6.1

2.9

7.3

28.9

Women

174.7

47.1

6.8

2.8

19.3

23.9

Age (years)

  < 15

1.1

59.7

1.4

4.2

 

34.7

 15–34

44

37.6

0.9

1.7

 

59.7

 35–44

70

45.8

1.6

2.3

0.1

50.2

 45–54

189

55.4

3.0

2.8

0.2

38.6

 55–64

397

60.7

4.5

3.5

1.2

30.2

 65–74

506

62.0

5.6

3.6

3.2

25.7

 75–84

89.9

55.3

7.7

3.1

9.8

24.1

 85–94

1147

43.6

8.0

2.3

23.5

22.6

  ≥ 95

210

27.5

5.2

1.8

40.2

25.3

Cancers

146.2

63.6

8.3

4.7

7.0

16.4

 Female breast

16.5

58.9

8.2

4.5

11.1

17.3

 Colon

20.1

62.0

8.9

5.0

8.0

16.1

 Lung

22.5

71.1

8.2

5.0

2.3

13.4

 Prostate

17.6

56.5

8.3

4.4

8.9

21.9

 Other cancers

91.4

64.9

8.4

4.9

6.5

15.4

Other diseases in the absence of cancer

Cardiovascular/neurovascular diseases

121.4

53.2

6.5

1.6

16.1

22.6

 Coronary heart disease

45.0

56.1

6.3

1.4

13.0

23.2

 Acute stroke

12.9

75.5

7.9

1.3

9.1

6.1

 Stroke sequelae

21.7

46.2

6.3

2.1

21.9

23.4

 Heart failure

57.3

59.3

7.1

1.6

13.9

18.1

Diabetes

43.3

48.2

5.7

1.7

12.5

31.9

Psychiatric disorders

23.9

34.8

4.0

0.8

16.2

44.1

Neurological or degenerative diseases

63.4

37.4

6.0

2.3

31.7

22.6

 Dementias (including Alzheimer)

50.2

35.4

6.4

2.2

35.8

20.2

 Parkinson’s disease

10.0

38.9

6.1

2.6

28.0

24.4

 Multiple sclerosis

0.6

48.5

1.8

5.0

12.0

32.7

 Paraplegia

0.8

51.0

5.1

3.8

10.1

30.0

 Myopathy or myasthenia

0.6

58.4

3.1

3.1

5.9

29.4

 Epilepsy

6.1

44.5

4.5

2.3

18.0

30.8

Chronic respiratory diseases

39.0

56.2

5.7

1.6

10.4

26.1

Inflammatory or rare diseases, HIV or AIDS

9.0

55.2

6.1

1.7

11.8

25.2

Treated renal failure

3.3

72.2

3.1

1.6

5.1

18.0

Diseases of the liver or pancreas

14.6

70.5

4.5

1.0

4.2

19.9

Other long-term diseases

24.2

42.9

5.6

2.0

19.8

29.7

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