From: Euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions: a mortality follow-back study in Belgium
 |  | Dutch-speaking community N = 1032 | French-speaking community N = 658 | Total for Belgium N = 1690 | |||
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Patient characteristicsa | Â | N | % | N | % | N | % |
Ageb | 1–64 y | 118 | 11.6 | 81 | 12.5 | 199 | 12.0 |
 | 65–84 y | 574 | 56.7 | 358 | 55.2 | 932 | 56.1 |
 | 85 y+ | 321 | 31.7 | 209 | 32.3 | 530 | 31.9 |
Sex | Male | 526 | 51.0 | 313 | 47.6 | 839 | 49.6 |
 | Female | 506 | 49.0 | 345 | 52.4 | 851 | 50.4 |
Educational levelb | Elementary or lower | 431 | 46.3 | 235 | 40.9 | 666 | 44.3 |
 | Lower secondary | 245 | 26.3 | 180 | 31.3 | 425 | 28.2 |
 | Higher secondary | 173 | 18.6 | 113 | 19.7 | 286 | 19.0 |
 | Higher education | 81 | 8.7 | 47 | 8.2 | 128 | 8.5 |
Cause of deathb | Cardiovascular dis. | 136 | 13.3 | 101 | 15.5 | 237 | 14.2 |
 | Malignancies | 455 | 44.6 | 270 | 41.5 | 725 | 43.4 |
 | Respiratory dis. | 96 | 9.4 | 61 | 9.4 | 157 | 9.4 |
 | Dis. nervous systemc | 110 | 10.8 | 82 | 12.6 | 192 | 11.5 |
 | Other | 223 | 21.9 | 137 | 21.0 | 360 | 21.5 |
Place of death | Home or with family | 226 | 21.9 | 177 | 26.9 | 403 | 23.8 |
 | Care home | 276 | 26.7 | 176 | 26.7 | 452 | 26.7 |
 | Hospital | 421 | 40.8 | 244 | 37.1 | 665 | 39.3 |
 | Palliative care unit | 109 | 10.6 | 61 | 9.3 | 170 | 10.1 |