Belgium | The Netherlands | Italy | Spain | ||||||||||
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Non-sudden deaths in the SENTI-MELC study | Non-sudden deaths in the 2007 death certificate study | Non-sudden deaths in the SENTI-MELC study | Non-sudden deaths in the 2005 death certificate study | All deaths in the SENTI-MELC study | All deaths in the country 2007 | All deaths in the SENTI-MELC study | All deaths in the regions 2010 | ||||||
%* | %* | p** | %† | %† | p** | % | % | p** | % | % | P** | ||
N = 928 | N = 2729 | N = 635 | N = 63038 | N = 2783 | N = 572881 | N = 388 | N = 67233 | ||||||
Age | 1-64 | 13 | 16 | 0.01 | 18 | 21 | ns | 13 | 14 | ns | 11 | 15 | ns |
65-84 | 50 | 52 | 50 | 36 | 48 | 50 | 46 | 46 | |||||
85+ | 37 | 32 | 32 | 43 | 39 | 36 | 43 | 39 | |||||
Gender | Male | 46 | 47 | ns | 47 | 51 | .04 | 48 | 49 | ns | 53 | 52 | ns |
Female | 54 | 53 | 53 | 49 | 52 | 51 | 47 | 48 | |||||
Place of death§ | Home | 23 | 21 | .0001 | 44 | 33 | ns | 48 | ‡ | - | 48 | ‡ | - |
Residential home | 31 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 7 | ‡ | 11 | ‡ | |||||
Hospital PCU/hospice | 45 | 51 | 38 | 47 | 43 | ‡ | 41 | ‡ |