Table 3 The place of death of deceased patients with COPD and lung cancer by country (N = 562,151)

		Number of deaths	Home (%)	Hospital (%)	Nursing home (%)	Hospice setting (%)	Others (%)
France	COPD	9274	25.6	60.2	11.2	/^a	3.0
	Lung cancer	29,221	17.0	77.4	3.0	/^a	2.7
Italy	COPD	21,356	41.6	47.4	7.5	/^a	3.5
	Lung cancer	33,004	44.2	49.5	2.9	/^a	3.5
Spain (Andalusia)	COPD	2564	36.3	56.7	6.2	/^a	.8
	Lung cancer	3198	33.1	64.5	2.1	/^a	.2
Belgium	COPD	4751	22.0	52.8	24.4	/^a	.8
	Lung cancer	6491	28.8	63.9	6.8	/^a	.6
The Netherlands	COPD	6303	20.5	41.8	35.4	1.5^b	0.8
	Lung cancer	9918	48.0	28.0	15.3	7.2^b	1.5
The Czech Republic	COPD	2161	17.2	66.8	14.7	/^a	1.3
	Lung cancer	531	17.3	66.4	15.5	/^a	.8
Hungary	COPD	4875	/^a	69.8	/^a	/^a	30.2
	Lung cancer	833	/^a	72.1	/^a	/^a	27.9
England	COPD	25,143	19.8	67.5	10.8	.9	1.0
	Lung cancer	28,222	28.2	45.8	9.0	15.3	1.7
Wales	COPD	173	16.9	73.9	8.2	.2	.8
	Lung cancer	2032	28.1	57.5	4.2	8.5	1.6
New Zealand	COPD	1837	15.5	44.7	34.0	1.9	4.0
	Lung cancer	1634	29.9	27.5	22.5	17.6	2.6
Canada	COPD	8185	10.4	65.4	20.7	/^a	3.6
	Lung cancer	12,902	16.3	69.0	9.9	/^a	4.9
USA	COPD	128,021	26.2	44.5	22.7	2.9	3.7
	Lung cancer	158,889	40.3	33.9	15.0	5.2	5.7
Mexico	COPD	21,804	55.4	41.8	/^a	/^a	2.8
	Lung cancer	6563	57.1	40.1	/^a	/^a	2.8
Korea	COPD	7349	19.4	78.9	1.5	/^a	.3
	Lung cancer	14,883	12.5	86.5	.9	/^a	.1

Note: Percentages are row percentages. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding
^aCategory not presented on death certificate. In Hungary, the death certificate registry only coded hospital or others as the place of death and nursing home does not exist as a separate health service in Mexico
^bIn the Netherlands, the category “other institutions” on the death certificate mostly concerns hospices in these disease groups

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