Table 2 Causes of death
From: Health- and social care in the last year of life among older adults in Sweden
All N = 1518 % (n) | Assisted living facilities % (n) | Ordinary housing % (n) | Not Hospitalized % (n) | Hospitalized % (n) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 2.04 (31) | 2.29 (17) | 1.80 (14) | 0.88 (4) | 2.54 (27) |
Neoplasms | 15.28 (232) | 7.83 (58) | 22.65 (176) | 4.81 (22) | 19.98 (212) |
Blood and Endocrinological diseasesa | 3.75 (57) | 3.38 (25) | 4.12 (32) | 3.28 (15) | 3.96 (42) |
Mental and behavioural disorders | 10.01 (152) | 16.87 (125) | 3.47 (27) | 20.57 (94) | 5.47 (58) |
Diseases of the nervous system | 5.67 (86) | 8.64 (64) | 2.83 (22) | 9.85 (45) | 4.24 (41) |
Diseases of the eyes, ears, nose and throatb | 0.07 (1) | 0 | 0.13 (1) | 0 | 0.09 (1) |
Diseases of the circulatory system | 43.87 (666) | 44.26 (328) | 43.50 (338) | 47.70 (218) | 42.22 (448) |
Diseases of the respiratory system | 8.70 (132) | 7.15 (53) | 10.17 (79) | 4.16 (19) | 10.65 (113) |
Diseases of the digestive system | 2.24 (34) | 2.16 (16) | 2.32 (18) | 0.66 (3) | 2.92 (31) |
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 0.26 (4) | 0.13 (1) | 0.39 (3) | 0 | 0.38 (4) |
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 0.46 (7) | 0.54 (4) | 0.39 (3) | 0.66 (3) | 0.38 (4) |
Diseases of the genitourinary system | 1.32 (20) | 1.10 (8) | 1.54 (12) | 0.66 (3) | 1.60 (17) |
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified | 3.75 (57) | 4.18 (31) | 3.35 (26) | 5.91 (27) | 2.83 (30) |
Other disordersc | 2.44 (37) | 1.48 (11) | 3.35 (26) | 0.86 (4) | 3.11 (33) |
Total | 741 | 777 | 457 | 1061 |