Place of death | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Care home | Own home | Hospital | Other | |
Number of cases (% of total) | 190 (36) | 120a (23) | 197 (38) | 15b (3) |
Co-morbid features: | ||||
Age (year, mean ± SD) | 85 ± 8 | 74 ± 14 | 75 ± 12 | 69 ± 17 |
Male gender (%) | 38 | 53 | 58 | 60 |
Diabetes (%) | 22 | 26 | 25 | 13 |
Chronic kidney disease (%) | 19 | 18 | 22 | 13 |
Respiratory (%) | 20 | 40 | 39 | 32 |
Cardiovascular (%) | 59 | 71 | 66 | 47 |
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD) | 22 ± 5 | 25 ± 8 | 28 ± 8 | 27 ± 9 |
uDNAR or EoL (%) | 97 | 63 | 71 | 80 |
Ethnicity (%): | ||||
Caucasian | 81 | 68 | 87 | 93 |
Asian | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Black | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Other BAME | 18 | 29 | 10 | 7 |
Usual residence (%): | ||||
Own home | 2 | 75 | 53 | 73 |
Nursing Home | 72 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
Residential Home | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Other | 6 | 24 | 34 | 27 |
Medical contact prior to death (%): | ||||
Primary care | 96 | 89 | 62 | 80 |
111 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 67 |
999 | 23 | 26 | 86 | 47 |
Emergency Departmentc | 15 | 61 | 19 | 33 |
1a listed Cause of death (%): | ||||
COVID-19 | 54 | 59 | 6 | 13 |
Acute respiratory, other | 23 | 29 | 18 | 7 |
Acute cardiovascular | 2 | 10 | 15 | 0 |
Cancer | 7 | 11 | 45 | 73 |
Other chronic disease | 71 | 65 | 42 | 27 |
Other acute cause | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
Avoidability of death score (count) | ||||
1 | – | – | – | – |
2 | – | – | 2 | – |
3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | – |
4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | – |
5 | 51 | 19 | 56 | 1 |
6 | 133 | 92a | 113 | 14 |