Table 3 Characteristics of the residents who died in 2019 (n = 363)
Characteristics | Â |
|---|---|
Sex: female | 256 (70.7%) |
Age: mean (SD) age, in years, at the time of death | 87.0 (8.4) |
Length of stay | |
  < 1 month | 46 (12.7%) |
 1–6 months | 53 (14.6%) |
 6 months–1 year | 31 (8.5%) |
  > 1 year | 229 (63.1%) |
 Missing value | 4 (1.1%) |
Number of chronic diseases: mean (SD) | 2.98 (1.41) |
Number of residents with multimorbidity (three or more chronic diseases) | 221 (62.2%) |
Most frequent diseases at the time of death | |
 Heart disease | 152 (43.3%) |
 Dementia | 122 (36.8%) |
 Hypertension | 115 (32.8%) |
 Renal disease | 82 (23.4%) |
 Diabetes | 71 (20.2%) |
 Cerebrovascular disease | 68 (19.4%) |
 Cancer | 54 (16.2%) |
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 41 (11.7%) |
 Parkinson’s disease | 33 (9.4%) |
Care grade, according to the German compulsory nursing care insurance scheme, at the time of death | |
 Grade 1 | 0 |
 Grade 2 | 38 (10.5%) |
 Grade 3 | 68 (18.7%) |
 Grade 4 | 121 (33.3%) |
 Grade 5 | 130 (35.8%) |
 Missing values | 6 (1.7%) |