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Table 5 Diagnosis and age of patients who died during admission (n = 15)

From: Secondary care usage and characteristics of hospital inpatients referred to a UK homeless health team: a retrospective service evaluation

Patient

Age at death

Diagnosis on admission

Primary ICD-10

Secondary ICD-10

1

60

Hypothermia

XIX Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

N/A

2

66

Renal failure

XIV Diseases of the genitourinary system

N/A

3

56

Distal tibial fracture

XIX Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

XX External causes of morbidity and mortality

4

45

Renal failure

XIV Diseases of the genitourinary system

N/A

5

64

Biliary sepsis

I Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

II Neoplasms

6

54

Road traffic collision, cardiac arrest

XX External causes of morbidity and mortality

XIX Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

7

29

Renal amyloidosis

XIV Diseases of the genitourinary system

N/A

8

71

Fall, cognitive impairment

XVIII Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

VI Diseases of the nervous system

9

39

Cervical cancer

II Neoplasms

N/A

10

55

Passive suicide – stopped all medications

V Mental and behavioural disorders

XX External causes of morbidity and mortality

11

61

Road traffic collision – hit by lorry

XX External causes of morbidity and mortality

XIX Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

12

68

Metastatic lung cancer

II Neoplasms

XXI Factors influencing health status and contact with health services

13

77

Sepsis

I Certain infectious and parasitic diseases

N/A

14

60

Renal cancer

II Neoplasms

XIV Diseases of the genitourinary system

15

48

Diverticular perforation

XI Diseases of the digestive system

N/A