Table 1 Breakdown of home deaths in Yokohama City in 2013 by age group and underlying cause of death in attended, pure and suspected unnatural death
Type of death | Examined death | Attended death (n (%)) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pure unnatural death (n (%)) | Suspected unnatural death (n (%)) | |||
Age group | 0–14 years | 4 (0.6) | 5 (0.3) | 1 (0.0) |
15–64 years | 264 (40.5) | 476 (25.2) | 187 (8.1) | |
65–74 years | 137 (21.0) | 479 (25.3) | 337 (14.6) | |
≧ 75 years | 247 (37.9) | 930 (49.2) | 1780 (77.2) | |
Total | 652 (100.0) | 1890 (100.0) | 2305 (100.0) | |
Cause of death | Infection and parasitosis | 2 (0.1) | 7 (0.3) | |
Malignant neoplasm | 97 (5.1) | 1054 (45.7) | ||
Cardiac disease | 1019 (53.9) | 180 (7.8) | ||
Cerebrovascular disease | 237 (12.5) | 49 (2.1) | ||
Other cardiovascular diseases | 49 (2.6) | 22 (1.0) | ||
Pneumonia | 29 (1.5) | 162 (7.0) | ||
Other respiratory diseases | 96 (5.1) | 108 (4.7) | ||
Digestive system disease | 140 (7.4) | 41 (1.8) | ||
Renal disease | 3 (0.2) | 49 (2.1) | ||
Senility | 57 (3.0) | 530 (23.0) | ||
Other causes | 144 (7.6) | 91 (3.9) | ||
Unknown | 17 (0.9) | 12 (0.5) | ||
Total | 1890 (100.0) | 2305 (100.0) | ||