Where Do Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients Die? 8-Year Trend, with Special Focus on Sex-Related Differences

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Table 1 Number of Deaths and Mortality Rate Due to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Mortality Rate, Number of Deaths by Place Where Death Occurred, and Number of Certificates Containing No Information About Place of Death, Plus the Percentage That These Deaths Represent with Respect to Total COPD-Related Deaths

	Deaths Due to COPD		Registered Place of Death				Not Shown
	n	Rate x 10^5	Hospital n	Nursing Homes n	Home n	Other n	n	%
Year
2009	1162	65.4	191	39	188	2	742	63.3%
2010	1224	68.1	493	81	513	5	132	14.0%
2011	1252	68.9	513	103	574	4	58	5.2%
2012	1286	70.3	533	114	593	16	30	2.7%
2013	1131	61.4	456	90	553	6	26	0.9%
2014	995	53.7	436	73	454	2	30	1.4%
2015	1136	61.0	490	115	496	5	30	2.5%
2016	1057	56.5	464	102	454	7	30	2.9%
2017	1031	54.9	432	135	424	2	38	3.4%
Sex
Men	7361	95.1	3228	497	2805	33	798	10.8%
Women	2913	33.2	780	355	1444	16	318	10.9%
Age group
35–69	798	6.5	395	36	234	5	128	16.0%
70–79	1952	80.2	997	110	596	14	235	12.0%
80+	7524	397.0	2616	706	3419	30	753	10.0%
Total	10,274	62.2	4008	852	4249	49	1116	10.9%

Figure 1 Percentage of deaths according to place of death, by sex and age group: 2010–2017.