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Table 1 Illness trajectories

From: Quality of palliative and end-of-life care: a quantitative study of temporal trends and differences according to illness trajectories in Quebec (Canada)

Illness trajectories

Causes of death

Trajectory I

o Tumors

Trajectory II

o Circulatory diseases

o Respiratory diseases

o Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

o Digestive diseases

o Genitourinary diseases

o Osteoarticular, muscular and skin diseases

o Infectious and parasitic diseases

o Congenital malformations and chromosomal abnormalities

o Blood diseases, hematopoietic diseases, and certain disorders of the immune system

Trajectory III

o Nervous system and sensory disorders

o Mental and behavioral disorders