QuickStats: Percentage of Deaths, by Place of Death — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2000–2018

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The percentage of deaths from all causes that occurred in a hospital decreased from 48.0% in 2000 to 35.1% in 2018.
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The figure is a line graph showing the percentage of deaths in the United States during 2000–2018, by place of death, based on data from the National Vital Statistics System.
Percentage of deaths in the United States during 2000–2018.

The percentage of deaths from all causes that occurred in a hospital decreased from 48.0% in 2000 to 35.1% in 2018.

During that period, the percentage of deaths that occurred in the decedent’s home increased from 22.7% to 31.4%, and the percentage that occurred in a long-term care facility (hospice, nursing home, long-term care) increased from 22.9% to 26.8%.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919a4.htm

Source: National Vital Statistics System. Underlying cause of death data, 2000–2018. https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html.

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