Table 4 Comparison of underlying cause of death according to place of death, age group, and sex
Underlying cause of death | Total (N = 1,235) | Place of death | Age group (years old) | Sex | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home (N = 1,012) | Hospital (N = 223) | P | 15–59 (N = 530) | 60 ≤ (N = 705) | P | Male (N = 695) | Female (N = 540) | P | ||
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
Accident/injury | 180 (14.6) | 162 (16.0) | 18 (8.1) | 0.002 | 149 (28.1) | 31 (4.4) | < 0.001 | 102 (14.7) | 78 (14.4) | 0.935 |
Suicide/homicide | 50 (4.0) | 50 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | 33 (6.2) | 17 (2.4) | 26 (3.7) | 24 (4.4) | |||
Bite/sting/food poisoning | 13 (1.1) | 10 (1.0) | 3 (1.3) | 11 (2.1) | 2 (0.3) | 8 (1.2) | 5 (0.9) | |||
Traffic accident | 88 (7.1) | 73 (7.2) | 15 (6.7) | 81 (15.3) | 7 (1.0) | 53 (7.6) | 35 (6.5) | |||
Drowning | 8 (0.6) | 8 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.7) | 3 (0.6) | |||
Other injury | 21 (1.7) | 21 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (3.0) | 5 (0.7) | 10 (1.4) | 11 (2.0) | |||
Heart/renal disease | 225 (18.2) | 153 (15.1) | 72 (32.3) | < 0.001 | 97 (18.3) | 128 (18.2) | 1.000 | 134 (19.3) | 91 (16.9) | 0.298 |
Myocardial infarction | 79 (6.4) | 65 (6.4) | 14 (6.3) | 37 (7.0) | 42 (6.0) | 45 (6.5) | 34 (6.3) | |||
Heart/renal failure | 130 (10.5) | 73 (7.2) | 57 (25.6) | 55 (10.4) | 75 (10.6) | 76 (10.9) | 54 (10.0) | |||
Other heart disease | 16 (1.3) | 15 (1.5) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (0.9) | 11 (1.6) | 13 (1.9) | 3 (0.6) | |||
Respiratory disease | 165 (13.4) | 123 (12.2) | 42 (18.8) | 0.012 | 57 (10.8) | 108 (15.3) | 0.022 | 95 (13.7) | 70 (13.0) | 0.737 |
Pneumonia | 119 (9.6) | 83 (8.2) | 36 (16.1) | 46 (8.7) | 73 (10.4) | 68 (9.8) | 51 (9.4) | |||
Asthma | 40 (3.2) | 40 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (1.7) | 31 (4.4) | 23 (3.3) | 17 (3.1) | |||
Other respiratory disease | 6 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (2.7) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.6) | 4 (0.6) | 2 (0.4) | |||
Brain disease | 129 (10.4) | 103 (10.2) | 26 (11.7) | 0.545 | 56 (10.6) | 73 (10.4) | 0.925 | 70 (10.1) | 59 (10.9) | 0.640 |
Arachnoid hemorrhage | 51 (4.1) | 40 (4.0) | 11 (4.9) | 28 (5.3) | 23 (3.3) | 28 (4.0) | 23 (4.3) | |||
Stroke | 78 (6.3) | 63 (6.2) | 15 (6.7) | 28 (5.3) | 50 (7.1) | 42 (6.0) | 36 (6.7) | |||
Liver/gastro-intestine disease | 74 (6.0) | 54 (5.3) | 20 (9.0) | 0.043 | 43 (8.1) | 31 (4.4) | 0.008 | 39 (5.6) | 35 (6.5) | 0.547 |
Liver cirrhosis | 10 (0.8) | 4 (0.4) | 6 (2.7) | 3 (0.6) | 7 (1.0) | 5 (0.7) | 5 (0.9) | |||
Liver failure | 25 (2.0) | 22 (2.2) | 3 (1.3) | 21 (4.0) | 4 (0.6) | 17 (2.4) | 8 (1.5) | |||
Hepatitis | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Bloody diarrhea diseases | 12 (1.0) | 12 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.9) | 7 (1.0) | 4 (0.6) | 8 (1.5) | |||
Non-bloody diarrhea diseases | 13 (1.1) | 12 (1.2) | 1 (0.4) | 7 (1.3) | 6 (0.9) | 5 (0.7) | 8 (1.5) | |||
Gastro-intestine bleeding | 10 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (4.5) | 4 (0.8) | 6 (0.9) | 4 (0.6) | 6 (1.1) | |||
Infection | 63 (5.1) | 31 (3.1) | 32 (14.3) | < 0.001 | 38 (7.2) | 25 (3.5) | 0.006 | 37 (5.3) | 26 (4.8) | 0.795 |
Tuberculosis | 16 (1.3) | 16 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.3) | 9 (1.3) | 9 (1.3) | 7 (1.3) | |||
Tetanus | 7 (0.6) | 6 (0.6) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (0.9) | 2 (0.3) | 4 (0.6) | 3 (0.6) | |||
Meningitis | 10 (0.8) | 9 (0.9) | 1 (0.4) | 8 (1.5) | 2 (0.3) | 7 (1.0) | 3 (0.6) | |||
Sepsis | 29 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 29 (13.0) | 17 (3.2) | 12 (1.7) | 17 (2.4) | 12 (2.2) | |||
Rickettsia | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | |||
Tumor | 52 (4.2) | 48 (4.7) | 4 (1.8) | < 0.001 | 32 (6.0) | 20 (2.8) | < 0.001 | 36 (5.2) | 16 (3.0) | 0.018 |
Cervical cancer | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.7) | |||
Breast cancer | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) | |||
Breast abscess | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | |||
Liver cancer | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.4) | 2 (0.3) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Lung cancer | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Renal cancer | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Spinal cancer | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Nodular melanoma | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Abdominal tumor | 27 (2.2) | 24 (2.4) | 3 (1.3) | 17 (3.2) | 10 (1.4) | 19 (2.7) | 8 (1.5) | |||
Neck tumor | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Colon cancer | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | |||
Senility | 164 (13.3) | 164 (16.2) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001 | 0 (0.0) | 164 (23.3) | < 0.001 | 78 (11.2) | 86 (15.9) | 0.018 |
Other | 183 (14.8) | 174 (17.2) | 9 (4.0) | < 0.001 | 58 (10.9) | 125 (17.7) | 0.001 | 104 (15.0) | 79 (14.6) | 0.936 |