In our hospital, malignancy and pneumonia were the most common causes of death, rather than cerebrovascular or cardiovascular diseases, but otherwise, the ranking order of the causes of death was very similar to those in other areas of Japan. Causes of the both in our hospital were closely linked with the high incidence of in-hospital mortality in Japan, accounting for 80% of all deaths. Although the case mix of our in-patients is influenced by a particular distribution of health care institutions and nursing care facilities in our catchment area for secondary care, the study demonstrated that our geriatric service responds to the needs of a wide spectrum of indications suffered by elderly citizens at the end of their life.
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