Nationwide continuous monitoring of end-of-life care via representative networks of general practitioners in Europe

Table 5 Number and characteristics of reported deaths in the EURO SENTIMELC study 2009–2010

		Belgium		The Netherlands*		Italy		Spain†
		All deaths	Non-sudden deaths§	All deaths	Non-sudden deaths§	All deaths	Non-sudden deaths§	All deaths	Non-sudden deaths §
		N = 2405	N = 1604 (66.7%)	N = 1107	N = 635 (62.1%)	N = 2783	N = 1839 (66.1%)	N = 563	N = 388 (68.9%)
		%	%	%	%†	%	%	%	%
Age	18-64	16	14	21	18	13	13	11	11
	65-84	47	47	50	50	48	47	46	45
	85+	37	39	29	32	39	40	43	44
Gender	Male	48	46	52	47	48	47	53	54
	Female	52	54	48	53	52	53	47	46
Place of death‡	Home	29	23	45	44	48	46	48	49
Place of death‡	Care or residential home	27	31	14	18	7	9	11	13
	Hospital	37	36	32	28	39	39	37	33
	PCU/hospice	7	9	7	10	4	5	4	4
Cause of death	Cancer	28	37	37	53	34	46	35	39
	Noncancer	72	63	63	47	66	54	65	61

*Excluding nursing home deaths in the Netherlands.
† Data for Spain are available only for the year 2010.
‡IT and SP: each 1% POD elsewhere.
§% missing on nonsudden deaths : 0.7% for Be, 0% for the Ne, 1.7% for It and 5.9% for SP.
Percentages are rounded off hence cells may not add up to 100%.

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