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Table 1 Distribution of Age, Main Medical Cause for Dependency on Nursing Care and Level of Care Dependency among nursing home residents who died during the follow up period

From: Hospitalizations during the last months of life of nursing home residents: a retrospective cohort study from Germany

Age (in years)

Factor

men

women

total

<70

41 (17.7)

23 (4.1)

64 (8.1)

70 – 79

56 (24.1)

79 (14.1)

135 (17.0)

80 – 89

97 (41.8)

307 (54.8)

404 (51.0)

90+

38 (16.4)

151 (27.0)

189 (23.9)

Main medical cause for dependency on nursing care (ICD-10/ICD-9) §

Infections (A00–B99, J10–J18, L00–L08, N30, N39/001–139, 480–487, 595, 599, 680–686

2 (1.0)

4 (0.8)

6 (0.9)

Cancer (C00–D48/140–199, 210–239)

38 (18.5)

52 (10.7)

90 (13.0)

Hormone-, nutrition-, metabolic diseases (E00–E90, N18–N19/240–279, 585–586)

1 (0.5)

13 (2.7)

14 (2.0)

Psychiatric Diseases (F00–F99/290–319)

47 (22.9)

134 (27.6)

181 (26.2)

- among these: Dementia (F00–F03/290)

33 (16.1)

98 (20.2)

131 (19.0)

Diseases of the nervous and sensory system (G00–G44, G47–G99/320–359)

18 (8.8)

37 (7.6)

55 (8.0)

Cerebrovascular diseases (G45–G46, I60–I69/430–438)

29 (14.1)

63 (13.0)

92 (13.3)

Cardiovascular diseases (D50–D89, I00–I59, I70–I99/200–208, 280–289, 390–429, 439–459)

11 (5.4)

29 (6.0)

40 (5.8)

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (M00–M99/710–739)

14 (6.8)

45 (9.3)

59 (8.6)

Injuries and poisoning (R55, S00–T98/780, 800–999)

7 (3.4)

21 (4.3)

28 (4.1)

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J09, J19–J99/460–479, 488–519)

5 (2.4)

8 (1.6)

13 (1.9)

Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93/520–579)

3 (1.5)

3 (0.6)

6 (0.9)

Other diseases

30 (14.6)

76 (15.7)

106 (15.4)

Survival time (Time after NHA until death)

<= 2 weeks

28 (12.1)

66 (11.8)

94 (11.9)

> 2 weeks – 4 weeks

26 (11.2)

49 (8.8)

75 (9.5)

> 1 month – 3 months

54 (23.3)

112 (20.0)

166 (21.0)

> 3 months – 6 months

34 (14.7)

96 (17.1)

130 (16.4)

> 6 months – 12 months

48 (20.7)

140 (25.0)

188 (23.7)

> 1 year

42 (18.1)

97 (17.3)

139 (17.6)

Total

232 (100)

560 (100)

792 (100)

  1. $102 persons without classification caused by missing values