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