Usual address at time of death and place of death by age and sex.
| 85–89 years, n (%) | ≥90 years, n (%) | Males, n (%) | Females, n (%) | Total, n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males + Females | Males | Females | Males + Females | ||||
| Usual address at time of death | |||||||||
| Own homea | 49 (72) | 47 (51) | 96 (60) | 20 (59) | 45 (36) | 65 (41) | 69 (68) | 92 (42) | 161 (50) |
| Sheltered housing | 10 (15) | 20 (22) | 30 (19) | 3 (9) | 14 (11) | 17 (11) | 13 (13) | 34 (16) | 47 (15) |
| Residential home | 6 (9) | 19 (21) | 25 (16) | 6 (18) | 40 (32) | 46 (29) | 12 (12) | 59 (27) | 71 (22) |
| Nursing home | 2 (3) | 4 (4) | 6 (4) | 4 (12) | 20 (16) | 24 (15) | 6 (6) | 24 (11) | 30 (9) |
| Hospital, long-stay | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 3 (2) | 1 (3) | 7 (6) | 8 (5) | 2 (2) | 9 (4) | 11 (3) |
| Total | 68 (100) | 92 (100) | 160 (100) | 34 (100) | 126 (100) | 160 (100) | 102 (100) | 218 (100) | 320 (100) |
| Place of death | |||||||||
| Own homea | 13 (19) | 17 (19) | 30 (19) | 7 (21) | 15 (12) | 22 (14) | 20 (20) | 32 (15) | 52 (16) |
| Sheltered housing | 1 (2) | 6 (7) | 7 (4) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 2 (2) | 7 (3) | 9 (3) |
| Hospice | 3 (4) | 2 (2) | 5 (3) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) | 2 (1) | 6 (2) |
| Residential home | 5 (7) | 15 (16) | 20 (13) | 3 (9) | 39 (31) | 42 (26) | 8 (8) | 54 (25) | 62 (19) |
| Nursing home | 2 (3) | 5 (5) | 7 (4) | 4 (12) | 18 (14) | 22 (14) | 6 (6) | 23 (11) | 29 (9) |
| Hospital, long-stay | 7 (10) | 7 (8) | 14 (9) | 5 (15) | 13 (10) | 18 (11) | 12 (12) | 20 (9) | 32 (10) |
| Hospital, acute | 37 (54) | 40 (43) | 77 (48) | 13 (38) | 40 (32) | 53 (33) | 50 (49) | 80 (37) | 130 (41) |
| Total | 68 (100) | 92 (100) | 160 (100) | 34 (100) | 126 (100) | 160 (100) | 102 (100) | 218 (100) | 320 (100) |
| Transitions | |||||||||
| Place of death not usual address | 44 (68) | 51 (55) | 97 (61) | 18 (53) | 52 (41) | 70 (44) | 64 (63) | 103 (47) | 167 (52) |
↵a ‘Own home’ includes living in a house, flat, or granny flat. Significant differences between age-bands and sex groups are highlighted in bold print (P <0.05 Pearson χ2/Fisher's exact test as appropriate).