Table 1 Study population size and proportion of individuals who were hospitalized and had accessed the emergency department 24, 12, 6, and 1 month before death.
Study population N (%) | Hospitalizations % | Emergency department visits % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24 months | 12 months | 6 months | 1 month | 24 months | 12 months | 6 months | 1 month | ||
Total | 142,834 (100.0) | 86.5 | 82.4 | 78.6 | 63.7 | 85.8 | 81.2 | 76.6 | 55.8 |
Sex | |||||||||
Female | 80,137 (56.1) | 84.3 | 79.8 | 75.8 | 60.5 | 84.7 | 79.8 | 74.9 | 54.2 |
Male | 62,697 (43.9) | 89.3 | 85.6 | 82.1 | 67.8 | 87.2 | 83.1 | 78.7 | 57.8 |
P value | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | <.0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | <.0001 |
Age | |||||||||
65–74 | 24,899 (17.4) | 89.5 | 86.3 | 83.0 | 69.0 | 84.3 | 80.2 | 75.6 | 52.7 |
75–84 | 50,964 (35.7) | 89.9 | 86.3 | 82.8 | 68.1 | 87.7 | 83.6 | 79.3 | 57.5 |
85–94 | 54,739 (38.3) | 85.3 | 80.7 | 76.5 | 60.9 | 86.6 | 81.8 | 77.0 | 57.3 |
95 + | 12,232(8.6) | 71.9 | 65.4 | 60.9 | 47.2 | 78.0 | 70.9 | 65.3 | 48.1 |
P value | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 |
Cause of death | |||||||||
Cancer | 40,343 (28.2) | 95.7 | 93.2 | 89.8 | 72.4 | 88.7 | 85.3 | 80.9 | 53.7 |
Cardiovascular | 56,687 (39.7) | 80.1 | 74.5 | 69.8 | 54.6 | 82.5 | 76.8 | 71.4 | 52.1 |
Respiratory | 14,108 (9.9) | 92.3 | 89.5 | 87.3 | 77.2 | 91.6 | 88.5 | 85.7 | 72.6 |
Other | 31,696 (22.2) | 83.6 | 79.5 | 75.9 | 66.9 | 85.5 | 80.9 | 76.3 | 57.5 |
P value | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 | < .0001 |
