Table 1 Individual and Regional characteristics of deaths with a mention of dementia (n = 388,899), an underlying cause of death of dementia (n = 180,905) and an underlying cause of death of non-dementia (n = 207,994) in people over 60 in England 2001-2010
Variable | Value | All mentions dementia (N = 388,899) | Underlying cause of death: dementia (N = 180,905) | Underlying cause of death: non-dementia (N = 207,994) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | |||||
Gender | Men | 128,684 | 33.1 | 52,194 | 28.9 | 76,490 | 36.8 |
Women | 260,215 | 66.9 | 128,771 | 71.1 | 131,504 | 63.2 | |
Age mean (SD) | 85.5 (7.0) | 86.1 (7.1) | 85.1 (6.8) | ||||
Age group | 60-79 | 70,987 | 18.3 | 29,991 | 16.6 | 40,996 | 19.7 |
80-84 | 88,231 | 22.7 | 38,152 | 21.1 | 50,079 | 24.1 | |
85-89 | 113,768 | 29.3 | 52,079 | 28.8 | 61,689 | 29.7 | |
90-94 | 82,543 | 21.2 | 41,884 | 23.2 | 40,659 | 19.6 | |
>95 | 33,370 | 8.6 | 18,799 | 10.4 | 14,571 | 7.0 | |
Marital status | Married | 106,676 | 27.4 | 46,337 | 25.6 | 60,339 | 29.1 |
Single | 29,479 | 7.6 | 14,008 | 7.7 | 15,471 | 7.44 | |
Widowed | 234,024 | 60.2 | 112,452 | 62.2 | 121,572 | 48.5 | |
Divorced | 16,825 | 4.3 | 7,249 | 4.0 | 9,576 | 4.6 | |
Unknown | 1,895 | 0.5 | 859 | 0.5 | 1,036 | 0.5 | |
Underlying cause of death | Dementia | 180,905 | 46.5 | 180,905 | 100.0 | - | - |
Respiratory disease | 8,662 | 2.2 | - | - | 8662 | 4.2 | |
Cancer | 19,950 | 5.1 | - | - | 19,950 | 9.6 | |
Cardiovascular disease | 43,953 | 11.3 | - | - | 43,953 | 21.1 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | 68,888 | 17.7 | - | - | 68,888 | 33.1 | |
Chronic neurological | 7,168 | 1.8 | - | - | 7,168 | 3.4 | |
Other | 59,373 | 15.3 | - | - | 59,373 | 28.5 | |
Year of death | 2001-2005 | 166,553 | 42.8 | 80,395 | 44.4 | 86,158 | 41.4 |
2006-2010 | 222,346 | 57.2 | 100,510 | 55.6 | 121,836 | 58.6 | |
Deprivation quintile | 1st (most deprived) | 72,789 | 18.7 | 32,438 | 17.9 | 40,351 | 19.4 |
2nd | 78,982 | 20.3 | 36,124 | 20.0 | 42,858 | 20.6 | |
3rd | 85,142 | 21.9 | 40,165 | 22.2 | 44,977 | 21.6 | |
4th | 81,661 | 21.0 | 38,503 | 21.3 | 43,158 | 20.8 | |
5th (least deprived) | 70,325 | 18.1 | 33,675 | 18.7 | 36,650 | 17.6 | |
Urbanisation | Urban | 309,179 | 79.5 | 142,618 | 78.8 | 166,561 | 80.1 |
Semi-rural | 39,967 | 10.3 | 19,199 | 10.6 | 20,768 | 10.0 | |
Rural | 39,753 | 10.2 | 19,088 | 10.6 | 20,665 | 9.9 | |
Care home beds/1,000 | 0 | 111,119 | 28.6 | 46,025 | 25.4 | 65,094 | 31.3 |
1-25 | 75,359 | 19.4 | 34,748 | 19.2 | 40,611 | 19.5 | |
26-50 | 100,413 | 25.8 | 49,554 | 27.4 | 50,859 | 24.5 | |
>50 | 102,008 | 26.2 | 50,578 | 28.0 | 51,430 | 24.7 | |
Place of death | Care home | 215,183 | 55.3 | 115,120 | 63.6 | 100,063 | 48.1 |
Hospital | 153,916 | 39.6 | 57,086 | 31.6 | 96,830 | 46.6 | |
Home | 18,670 | 4.8 | 8,489 | 4.7 | 10,181 | 4.9 | |
Inpatient hospice unit | 1,130 | 0.3 | 210 | 0.1 | 920 | 0.4 | |